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Participatory art practices and the ways audiences are invited into transformative and relational experiences within aesthetic spaces

Exhibitions Curated

making peace, making waves, 2022, Access gallery

Katy O’Malley (she/her) is an arts communications professional and independent curator from Chicago, Illinois. From 2017 to 2022, Katy served as Media Relations Manager at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where she developed messaging and audiences for living artists by connecting their ideas to larger conversations taking place in the world. A current MA candidate in Critical Curatorial Studies at UBC, Katy is interested in participatory art practices and the ways audiences are invited into transformative and relational experiences within aesthetic spaces. Katy received her undergraduate degree in Art History, Communications, and Cultural Studies at McGill University in 2014 and is an Audain Graduate Fellow at UBC.

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Katy O'Malley

MA CCST
Curatorial Studies
MA Critical and Curatorial Studies

About

Research Areas

Participatory art practices and the ways audiences are invited into transformative and relational experiences within aesthetic spaces

Exhibitions Curated

making peace, making waves, 2022, Access gallery

Katy O’Malley (she/her) is an arts communications professional and independent curator from Chicago, Illinois. From 2017 to 2022, Katy served as Media Relations Manager at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where she developed messaging and audiences for living artists by connecting their ideas to larger conversations taking place in the world. A current MA candidate in Critical Curatorial Studies at UBC, Katy is interested in participatory art practices and the ways audiences are invited into transformative and relational experiences within aesthetic spaces. Katy received her undergraduate degree in Art History, Communications, and Cultural Studies at McGill University in 2014 and is an Audain Graduate Fellow at UBC.

Katy O'Malley

MA CCST
Curatorial Studies
MA Critical and Curatorial Studies
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Research Areas

Participatory art practices and the ways audiences are invited into transformative and relational experiences within aesthetic spaces

Exhibitions Curated

making peace, making waves, 2022, Access gallery

Katy O’Malley (she/her) is an arts communications professional and independent curator from Chicago, Illinois. From 2017 to 2022, Katy served as Media Relations Manager at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where she developed messaging and audiences for living artists by connecting their ideas to larger conversations taking place in the world. A current MA candidate in Critical Curatorial Studies at UBC, Katy is interested in participatory art practices and the ways audiences are invited into transformative and relational experiences within aesthetic spaces. Katy received her undergraduate degree in Art History, Communications, and Cultural Studies at McGill University in 2014 and is an Audain Graduate Fellow at UBC.