Frances Wu Giarratano

Frances Wu Giarratano is the Deputy Director at ICI. Giarratano rejoins ICI after positions as the Director of Exhibitions at the American Federation of Arts, where she oversaw its expanding exhibitions program, and the Deputy Director at Para Site, Hong Kong, where she was responsible for the growth of Hong Kong’s leading and longest-running contemporary art space. Prior to that, she was the Associate Director of Exhibitions at ICI, where she oversaw all aspects of the organization’s touring exhibitions program, which included 14 exhibitions a year. She worked with more than 100 international institutions (including Para Site in 2009), and directed the production of nine ICI publications, including the award- winning Martha Wilson Sourcebook (2011) and Hans Ulrich Obrist's do it: the compendium (2013). Giarratano holds a B.A. in art history from Georgetown University and a M.A. in museum studies from New York University.