Meaghan Kent is the Deputy Director at MOCA North Miami. Kent is also an Independent Curator, Writer, and Professor in Global Art History. Previously, Kent worked as the Curator of Exhibitions at the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood in Florida. She was the Founder of Site95, an organization that holds exhibitions in available spaces including Locust Projects, Abrons Arts Center, and public outdoor spaces in Miami and New York. Kent was also a gallery director for fifteen years where she managed the careers of internationally emerging and established artists and coordinated exhibitions locally and worldwide. She co-founded Páramo in Guadalajara, Mexico, and directed off-site projects at The Mistake Room in Los Angeles, Casa Pedregal in Mexico City, and El Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños in Oaxaca.
Kent completed her MA in art history at George Washington University, Washington, DC, and her BA at the College of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was a participant of Independent Curators International (ICI) Intensive in 2012 and a mentor for the 2016 Liverpool Biennial Associate Artists Programme. Kent has written for several publications including the South Florida Cultural Consortium (catalog), Site95 Journal, ArtHaps, and Art in America, and is a member of the Broward Arts Journalism Alliance (BAJA). Exhibitions have been reviewed in Frieze, The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Gallery Monthly, The Miami Herald, and The New York Times.
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