Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, exhibition view, Los Angeles, December 1, 2023 – ongoing tour. Photo: Sarah Mathison. 
Anonymous Club, HEADLESS: The Demonstration, February 10 – 12, 2022, The Shed, New York. Photo: Sam Clarke. Curated by Alessandra Gómez.
eartheater performing as part of Anonymous Club, HEADLESS: The Demonstration, February 10 – 12, 2022, The Shed, New York. Photo: Sam Clarke. Curated by Alessandra Gómez.
Center for Performance Research: MTHR TRSA, reed rushes, Amando Houser. Photo: Amando Houser, DeliaDelia! The Flat Chested Witch, 2024. Photo: Sarah Mathison. 
Center for Performance Research: MTHR TRSA, reed rushes, Amando Houser. Photo: MTHR TRSA, I don’t think that was molly, 2024. Photo: Sarah Mathison. 
The Look of Victory, September 6–7, 2024, Skylight at Essex Crossing, New York Fashion Week. Featuring new commissions by: JANE/WADE, Conner Ives, Dynasty and Soull Ogun of L’Enchanteur, Melina “Lolita” Hernandez of By Lolita, Alex Smith, Jiwon Rhie, Rachel Motley, Arial Robinson, Jilijah Allen of Fine Ass Fronts. Curated by Alessandra Gómez.
Installation view: Pardo é Papel: The Glorious Victory and New Power, The Shed, New York, October 26, 2022–January 8, 2023. Artwork © Maxwell Alexandre. Photo: Adam Reich. Courtesy The Shed. Curated by Alessandra Gómez.
Installation view: Pardo é Papel: The Glorious Victory and New Power, The Shed, New York, October 26, 2022–January 8, 2023. Artwork © Maxwell Alexandre. Photo: Adam Reich. Courtesy The Shed. Curated by Alessandra Gómez.
Eiko Otake and DonChristian Jones, Bodies, 2019. Performance part of Into Darkness: Exploring Me and Finding You. Photo: Alessandra Gómez. Curated by Alessandra Gómez.
Trajal Harrell, Morning Breath, 2019. Performance part of Into Darkness: Exploring Me and Finding You. Photo: Alessandra Gómez. Curated by Alessandra Gómez.
Anne Wu, A Patterned Universe, 2021. Commissioned by The Shed. Photo: Ronald Amstutz. Exhibition view of Open Call.
Left: Simon Liu, Devil’s Peak, 2021. Right: Pauline Shaw, The Tomb-Sweeper’s Mosquito Bite, 2021. Commissioned by The Shed. Photo: Ronald Amstutz. Exhibition view of Open Call.
Yulan Grant, Buss Demon Choat, 2019, performed as part of Open Call: Group 1 at The Shed, New York, July 5, 2019. Photo: Christopher Garcia Valle.
The Illustrious Blacks, A Union of Kings, 2019, performed as part of Open Call: Group 3 at The Shed, New York, August 9, 2019. Photo: Noemie Tshinanga.
MATERIAL WITNESS WITNESS MATERIAL, Knockdown Center, March 3, 2018 - April 15, 2018. Left: Amy Khoshbin, Right: Lachell Workman. Curated by Alessandra Gómez.
MATERIAL WITNESS WITNESS MATERIAL, Knockdown Center, March 3, 2018 - April 15, 2018. Left: Esteban Jefferson, Right: Chris Watts. Curated by Alessandra Gómez.


Dave Hardy, That a Dead Man Sings (2014), polyurethane foam, glass, cement, ink, wood, dimensions variable. Exhibition view of Public Setting, Queens Museum x Bulova partnership. Photo: Sonny Martinez. Curated by Alessandra Gómez.

Ambient Church performance series, Brooklyn, New York. 






Alessandra Gómez
Curator




Alessandra Gómez is an independent curator and writer based in New York. Her work focuses on the intersections of performance, visual art, and popular culture. For over a decade, she has developed artistic programs for organizations and facilitated over seventy-five commissions across disciplines, including visual arts, dance, theater, performance art, and music.  She is recognized for her expertise in leading and commissioning large-scale, complex artistic projects in any medium.

Currently, she serves as the consultant public art curator at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), where she developed a new public art program to be announced. She curates performances at Offerings, a new series held at St. Mary’s Church in the heart of Times Square. 

Previously, she was a curator for a revived art amusement park Luna Luna, created in 1987 by André Heller. The original park featured rides and attractions by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein, Sonia Delaunay, Keith Haring and more. She was part of the core curatorial team for Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, currently on a multi-city tour.

From 2018 to 2023, she was part of the Shed’s founding curatorial team. She organized acclaimed shows by designer Shayne Oliver & Anonymous Club and Maxwell Alexandre and developed commissions for the Open Call program. 


 Her independent curatorial projects include Nike, Queens Museum, Columbia University’s Wallach Gallery, Center for Performance Research (CPR) Knockdown Center, and Ambient Church, among others. Nike recently invited her to curate an exhibition on the intersection of style and sport with nine new commissions from prominent creatives, including Jane Wade, Conner Ives, L’Enchanteur, Arial Robinson, Jiwon Rhie, ByLolita, and more. 

She has served on numerous grant panels, as well as written for artist catalogues. Her recent book on Maxwell Alexandre’s work features contributions from scholar Tina Campt and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Her writing has been published in Document Journal, Topical Cream, and more. Alessandra holds degrees from Columbia University and School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  

For inquiries regarding future projects, advisory services, writing opportunities, or collaborations, please reach out to her via email.