Alessandra Gómez
Curator & Artistic Leader




Alessandra Gómez is an independent curator and writer based in New York. Her work explores the intersections of performance, visual art, and popular culture. For over a decade, she has developed innovative artistic programs and facilitated more than seventy-five commissions across disciplines including visual arts, dance, theater, performance art, and music. She is recognized for her expertise in conceiving, leading, and commissioning complex, large-scale projects in any medium, spanning both institutional and commercial contexts.
She is currently the consultant Public Art Curator at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and Head Art Curator at the Wythe Hotel. She curates performances at Offerings, a performance series held at St. Mary the Virgin Church in the heart of Times Square. She has forthcoming artistic projects in 2026-2028 to be announced.

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 a part of the Shed’s founding curatorial team. She organized acclaimed shows by Shayne Oliver & Anonymous Club and Maxwell Alexandre and developed commissions for the Open Call program. She has curated independently for Nike, Queens Museum, Columbia University, Center for Performance Research (CPR), Knockdown Center, and Ambient Church, among others. In 2024, Nike invited her to curate an exhibition about the intersection of style and sport with nine new commissions from prominent creatives, including Jane Wade, Conner Ives, L’Enchanteur, and more. 

She has served on numerous visual and performing art grant panels and published writing for online magazines and artist catalogues. Her recent book on Maxwell Alexandre’s work features contributions from scholar Tina Campt and Hans Ulrich Obrist. She holds an MA from Columbia University and dual degree from School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

For inquiries regarding future curatorial projects, advisory services, writing opportunities, or commissions, please reach out. 








Portrait Photo: MTHR TRSA
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: Sarah Mathison. 
The Look of Victory, September 6–7, 2024, Skylight at Essex Crossing, New York Fashion Week.  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.