Alessandra Gómez
Curator & Artistic Leader




Alessandra Gómez is a contemporary art curator, arts leader, and writer based in New York whose practice operates at the intersection of performance, visual art, and popular culture. For over a decade, she has conceived and led the development of ambitious artistic programs for arts organizations, commissioning and stewarding more than a hundred works across visual art, dance, theater, performance, and music in galleries, outdoor and unconventional spaces, and theaters. She is recognized for driving projects of significant scale and complexity from concept to realization, pairing strong artistic vision with rigorous execution. Her work consistently brings together artists, institutions, and audiences to produce projects with high cultural visibility across 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, where she directs the art programming and acquisitions. She curates ongoing performances at Offerings, a performance series presented at St. Mary the Virgin Church in the heart of Times Square. She is a Curator for Sugar Sugar!, a new summer performance series in Domino Square in June. She is developing several major, large-scale artistic projects as a guest curator, slated for realization between 2026 and 2028, to be announced.

From 2023-2024, 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. From 2018 to 2023, she was a part of the Shed’s founding curatorial team, where she organized acclaimed shows by Shayne Oliver & Anonymous Club and Maxwell Alexandre and developed commissions for the Open Call program. She has worked artists including Trajal Harrell, Emilie Gossiaux, Shayne Oliver, Alex Tatarsky, Maxwell Alexandre, Morgan Bassichis, Lynn Hershman Leeson, eartheater, and many others.

She has curated independently for institutions and partners including Sugar Sugar! (2026), Pratt (2026), Nike (2024), Columbia University (2019), the Center for Performance Research (2024, 2017-18), Knockdown Center (2018), Queens Museum (2017), and Ambient Church (2017-18), and has advised for clients such as Meow Wolf (2025). 

In addition to her curatorial work, Gómez regularly serves on visual and performing arts grant panels and contributes writing to exhibition catalogues, artist publications, and online magazines incuding Topical Cream, Document Journal and more. Her recent book on the work of Maxwell Alexandre includes contributions from Tina Campt and Hans Ulrich Obrist. She holds an MA from Columbia University and dual degree from School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  

Inquiries regarding curatorial projects, advisory services, writing, or commissions are welcome.









Portrait Photo: MTHR TRSA




Thibault Lac performing in Offerings, curated by Alessandra Gómez. September 2025. Photo: Maria Barnova.


Niall Jones performing in Offerings, curated by Alessandra Gómez. September 2025. Photo: Maria Barnova.

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.