Joseph del Pesco

Joseph del Pesco
Born
Joseph Thomas del Pesco

December 29, 1975
NationalityAmerican
EducationCalifornia College of the Arts
Known forcurator
AwardsJerome Foundation Fellowship, Banff Curatorial Residency, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebuadengo residency, Fogo Island Arts Residency, ArtPort Tel Aviv residency, Beta-Local residency

Joseph Thomas Del Pesco is a contemporary art curator and arts writer. He is currently the International Director of Kadist.

Biography

He holds a 2005 Masters of Arts degree in Curatorial Practice from the California College of the Arts.[1] In 2002, del Pesco was chosen to participate in the Renaissance Society's group show, Watery, Domestic.[2]

Publications

Del Pesco has had his writing published in Manifesta Journal.[3] In 2018, his book of short stories The Museum Took a Few Minutes to Collect Itself was published by Art Metropole (Toronto, Canada). [4] In 2024, del Pesco wrote a short story with artist Jon Rubin for the Substack newsletter Do Not Research titled DAO of the Dead.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Inaugural Class of MA Program in Curatorial Practice Presents "Downtime: Constructing Leisure"". California College of the Arts. Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  2. ^ Watery, Domestic at the Renaissance Society Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ ""Manifesta Journal #15: I Forgot to Remember to Forget"". www.manifesta.org. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  4. ^ ""The Museum Took a Few Minutes to Collect Itself"". www.artmetropole.com. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  5. ^ ""DAO of the DEAD"". donotresearch.substack.com. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-23.