Ariella Wolens is a curator and writer currently based in Savannah, Georgia, where she works as an Assistant Curator at the SCAD Museum of Art. She received her BA in Art History from University College London and a Master’s from Columbia University in Curating and Criticism of Modern Art.

In 2012, she founded New End Art Foundation, a community interest company in the UK that focused on nurturing artists transitioning from education into their independent practice.

Curatorial projects include “Christina Forrer: Feet of the Devil,” “Frederick Douglass: Embers of Freedom” (both 2019, SCAD Museum of Art), “Stu Mead: The Witching Hour” (2019, Fortnight Institute) and “The Written Trace” (2015, Paul Kasmin Gallery.) Her writings have been featured in Art in America, Spike Magazine, Flash Art and Elephant, among other publications. She is a member of Independent Curators International.


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