Bio

Rebecca Rose Cuomo is an independent curator, writer, consultant, and producer based between New York and Italy.

For the past decade, Rebecca has closely collaborated with artists to research, develop, produce and present ambitious exhibitions and performances at institutions and galleries globally. She has generated and assisted curatorial programs at institutions, art fairs, and galleries including El Museo del Barrio, New York; Frieze London; ArtBasel Miami Beach; ARCOmadrid; Fabienne Levy, Lausanne; Mattatoio Roma; and Galería CURRO, Guadalajara; among others. Noteably, she facilitated Andrea Galvani: The Void Migrates to the Surface, an immersive multichannel video and sound installation at Fotografiska Shanghai (12 September 2025 through 11 January 2026).

As curator-in-residence at Ateliê Fidalga in São Paulo, Brazil (late-October through mid-December 2025), Rebecca researched and developed her ongoing curatorial project To See the Earth at the End of the World, inspired by Ed Roberson’s similarly-titled poetry collection. Rebecca’s work reflects on how artists imagine futures and build new worlds, exploring connections and tensions between man-made systems in the context of environmental, ecological, geological transformation and renewal. The resulting exhibition spanned all three gallery spaces and Fidalga’s Mata Atlântica internal garden from 4 December 2025 through 24 January 2026.

Rebecca received an MA in Art History with Honors from the Institute of Fine Arts NYU, where she presented her thesis on contemporary performance art by Brazilian women of African descent. Her writing is published on platforms including Frieze, BOMB, ARTnews, IMPULSE Magazine and more. As a critic and researcher, she has collaborated with the Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, New York; Azienda Speciale Palaexpo, Rome; Mousse Publishing, Milan; and New York University. She has delivered and moderated public talks, lectures and conversations at Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo; the Reading Room at Frieze New York; and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York. Rebecca is on the board of Lacasapark Art Residency in Upstate New York and LONESOME, an interdisciplinary journal and in-person salon series for poetry, arts, and music created and led by Monique Erickson.

Rebecca’s work at large coalesces around art and the human condition—centering the natural world, social justice, and processes of transformation. Her research interests are cross-disciplinary, combining insights from science, art history, performance studies, feminist and queer theory, philosophy, and world-making. She is fluent in English, Italian, and Spanish.