Trisha Lagaso Goldberg (USA) is an independent curator who lives and works between San Francisco and the Hawaiian island of O‘ahu. Her curatorial practice focuses on amplifying the voices of underrepresented and marginalized makers, including Indigenous peoples, people of color, and members of queer and trans communities. She brings expertise in Asian and Pacific Islander diasporas to projects that operate at the intersection of art history, contemporary art, and anti-colonial efforts.
Born and raised in Hawai‘i and shaped by 20 years in San Francisco, she founded and directed the artist residency program at thirtyninehotel gallery (Honolulu) and piloted the public art branch of the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Her recent projects include Lands End (2021–2022), a major exhibition addressing the ongoing climate crisis, and the acclaimed Carlos Villa: Worlds in Collision retrospective (2022), presented at the Newark Museum of Art, Asian Art Museum, SF, and SF Arts Commission Gallery.
She was commissioned by ICI and the Fine Arts Gallery at San Francisco State University to develop the traveling exhibition Remittance and is currently researching and developing the Noguchi + Hawai‘i exhibition for the Honolulu Museum of Art (2027).
Lagaso Goldberg also engages in mentorship and teaching. She has lectured at the Rhode Island School of Design, the University of San Francisco, and San Francisco State University, and is co-teaching a course in museum studies at Stanford University.
