Joseph del Pesco

Joseph del Pesco
Born
Joseph Thomas del Pesco

(1975-12-29) December 29, 1975
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.