Jeanne Gerrity

Jeanne Gerrity is a curator, writer, and editor. She currently serves as the Interim Director at the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco, where she has been the Deputy Director & Head of Publications for the past seven years. Prior to the Wattis, she held positions at the Contemporary Jewish Museum and Southern Exposure in San Francisco, and Smack Mellon and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in New York. Jeanne is the founding co-editor of A Series of Open Questions and co-editor of Dodie Bellamy is on our mind and Cecilia Vicuña: Word Weapons. She writes for Artforum, Frieze, and Art Agenda among other magazines, as well as contributing to museum and gallery catalogs. She has curated solo and group exhibitions in California and New York, as well as curating performances, screenings, conversations, and other public programs. Her current work focuses on the role of artists in creating a sustainable future, where humans, nature, and technology can coexist.