Julia Eilers Smith is a curator, researcher, and writer based between Tiohtià:ke / Montreal and Lenapehoking / Brooklyn. She is Max Stern Curator at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, where she organizes exhibitions, develops public programs, and oversees the permanent collection and new acquisitions. Her curated exhibitions include Ésery Mondésir: Choublak (2024), A Stage for Rebellion (2023), and In the No Longer Not Yet (2019). She has also curated over fifteen solo projects for the Gallery’s satellite exhibition space, SIGHTINGS, as well as the online program TERMS.
Her writing has been published in e-flux, Public Parking, Le Sigh, and Espace art actuel. She previously worked at the ICA London, the Hessel Museum of Art (NY), and SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art (QC).
