Leilani Lynch is Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Denver. Prior to joining MCA Denver, Lynch served as Curator at The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach.
Her curatorial practice champions experimentation and critical engagement with the most urgent ideas circulating today. Working collaboratively with artists, her exhibitions and programs analyze the human experience and are inclusive of diverse and wide-ranging audiences. At the MCA Denver, she curated Kambui Olujimi: Movements Towards Freedom (2024), and Breakthroughs: A Celebration of Redline at 15 and Anna Tsouhlarakis: Indigenous Absurdities (both 2023). While at the Bass, she curated numerous solo and group exhibitions with artists including Jamilah Sabur, Cara Despain, Naama Tsabar, Mika Rottenberg, Karen Rifas, and Aaron Curry, in addition to co-organizing exhibitions with Adrián Villar Rojas, Haegue Yang, Pascale Marthine Tayou, and Paola Pivi, among others. Lynch holds a BA in Art History from University of California, Berkeley and an MAS in Curating from Zurich University of the Arts.
