Jasa McKenzie

Jasa McKenzie (USA) is a queer curator, her work driven by issues of identity, equality, and social justice. Currently, she holds a position with The Great Northern, a recurring multidisciplinary exhibition focused on climate change in Minneapolis. She has been a part of the curatorial teams for documenta fifteen in Kassel, Germany (2022), Desert X in the Coachella Valley, California (2019, 2021), and Berlin Biennale 10 in Berlin, Germany (2018). She was the creator and co-host of SOTA: State of the Arts (2018-2020)–a podcast dissecting critical issues in contemporary art, along with SOTA Projects, which produced pop-up exhibitions and programming in the Twin Cities. She was the first-place recipient of the 2017-18 Apexart Exhibition Franchise Program, which resulted in the exhibition Absences in Nagoya, Japan (2018).

CPR 2023: RPN brings up to 8 international curators to Finland, Norway, and Sweden from August 20th – September 8th, 2023 to research the regional art scene with the ambition to get a better understanding of the complex history and current political situation in the Nordics. Following the program, the participating curators are invited to propose an exhibition with artists and issues they have come across during the program.