Category: Organization and Administration of Activities
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Session 4 – AFFECTIONS AND TRANSGRESSIONS OF THE BODY IN CONTEMPORARY ART(14-16 April, 2026 – International Colloquium Politics and Narratives of the Body)
This year again, I am honored to organize a session entitled: Session 4 – AFFECTIONS AND TRANSGRESSIONS OF THE BODY IN CONTEMPORARY ART at the International Colloquium Politics and Narratives of the Body (14-16 April, 2026).
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Session – TRANSPARENT FLESH: REIMAGINING THE MEDICAL IMAGE IN CONTEMPORARY ART(8-10 April, 2026 – ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE)
This year, I am honored to organize a session entitled: Transparent Flesh: Reimagining the Medical Image in Contemporary Art at the ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
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![Choisir et Fonder: A Reflection on Chosen and Founded Families [March 13 > April 13, 2024]](https://jessicaragazzini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/434664724_1163615174645402_2680999239142767265_n.jpg)
Choisir et Fonder: A Reflection on Chosen and Founded Families [March 13 > April 13, 2024]
In 2024, I co-curated Choisir et Fonder with Mona Greenbaum at Galerie UQO. Through JJ Levine’s portraits, the exhibition explores chosen and founded families, questioning emotional ties that transcend conventional boundaries.
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Galerie UQO Coordination: Artistic Project Development and Management (2021–2024)
From 2021 to 2024, as coordinator of Galerie UQO, I oversaw exhibition management, artistic production, and administration. I contributed to the dissemination of contemporary art by developing collaborations, supporting artists, and organizing interdisciplinary events. This experience reinforced the gallery’s role as a space for reflection and experimentation.
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Coordination of Panel 5 – Affects and Transgressions of the Body in Contemporary Art (December 13, 14, and 15, 2023)
On December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, I coordinated Panel 5 – Affects and Transgressions of the Body in Contemporary Art at the Politics and Narratives of the Body conference at Università degli Studi di Padova. This event explored bodily mutations in art, examining the links between performance, affects, queer identities, and posthumanism in contemporary…
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Publication Coordination: Sans exposition, a Reflection on Media Imagery and War (October 2023)
The publication Sans exposition: Gulf War TV War, Raw Footage, CNN Concatenated is an ideal exhibition in literary form, free of constraints. It’s the emancipation of the curatorial act through writing in which the curator is also the narrator of the exhibition.
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![Création[tiret]recherche(Creation–Research): An Exploration of the Links Between Art and Critical Thought [September 7 > October 29, 2023]](https://jessicaragazzini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_0264-scaled.jpg)
Création[tiret]recherche(Creation–Research): An Exploration of the Links Between Art and Critical Thought [September 7 > October 29, 2023]
In 2023, I co-curated Création[tiret]recherche(Creation–Research) within the 2J2R collective, an exhibition exploring the connections between art and critical thought. Presented at ART-IMAGE and Espace ODYSSÉE in Gatineau, this exhibition-laboratory examined research as a creative process in its own right. Discover how art becomes a space of experimentation and reflection through my curatorial approach.
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![XL – A Group Exhibition Celebrating 40 Years of Creation [June 7 > July 29, 2023]](https://jessicaragazzini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/348365342_6038357049607979_4601547298025035763_n.jpg)
XL – A Group Exhibition Celebrating 40 Years of Creation [June 7 > July 29, 2023]
In 2023, I was an artist-curator for XL at Centre AXENÉO7, an exhibition celebrating 40 years of creation. By exploring space and scale, this project brought immersive and performative works into dialogue. Discover my curatorial approach and the impact of this event.
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Dialogue Between Gendered and Degendered Bodies: A Reflection on Art and Identity (November 4, 2022)
On November 4, 2022, I chaired the session Dialogue Between Gendered and Degendered Bodies at the UAAC/AAUC Conference at the University of Toronto. This discussion explored representations of the body and gender identities in contemporary art, questioning the impact of technologies, performances, and posthumanist practices on the perception of trans, non-binary, and mutating bodies.
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Publication Coordination: 4×4, a Reflection on North–South Dynamics (September 2022)
The publication 4×4, directed by Emanuel Licha and coordinated at Galerie UQO, extends the reflection initiated by the film Zo Reken on North–South dynamics. Through a conversation with Maïka Sondarjee and Sabine Lamour, it questions the role of humanitarianism, patriarchy, and global power structures. A critical volume that highlights the contradictions inherent in international relations.