Jaclyn Quaresma is a curator and writer. Often taking the form of conversations, collaborative publishing, exhibitions, festivals, film programs, and reading rooms, among myriad other outlets, her work creates space for trans-disciplinary possibilities.

Jaclyn is currently Programming Director at Images Festival, a Toronto-based organization dedicated to experimental moving image culture. She previously served as Executive Director and Curator of Durham Art Gallery, where she founded the Rural Reading Riot Press and festival, grounded in rural futurity, radical care, and collectivity.

From 2019 to 2021, Jaclyn was the Curator in Residence at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural College, where she worked with international artists on themes of art, agriculture, and sustainability during the pandemic. She holds a Masters of Visual Studies in Curatorial Practice from the Daniels School of Architecture and Design at the University of Toronto, and is a Graduate Certificate from Humber College’s esteemed Creative Writing program.

Jaclyn has also collaborated with institutions such as e-flux (New York, USA), VTape, Art Museum at the University of Toronto, DMG at University of Toronto Scarborough, Gallery TPW, Nuit Blanche, Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Canada), Crate Studio Project Space (Margate, England), among many others.