magdalyn is a curator and writer. her practice explores embodied experience in relation to Western display practices and methods of knowing, taking into account familial knowledge, folklore, spirituality, and generational trauma.
she has organized exhibitions and programs in toronto and new york, and co-founded the roving project space and collective ma ma in 2018. in toronto, she has held curatorial positions at the art gallery of ontario, wedge curatorial projects, and cooper cole, and in new york, she was a 2016-17 helena rubinstein curatorial fellow at the whitney museum isp and completed a curatorial research placement at the metropolitan museum of art. magdalyn is currently the executive director at images festival and a phd candidate at queen's university, where she is examining the politics of display in western museums.
contact: magdalynpa (at) gmail.com