Rowan Lynch

Curatorial       Visual      


2026

—I designed Hearth's Erotic Awakenings publication in collaboration with Philip Leonard Ocampo (forthcoming spring 2026)


2025

—I co-curated Erotic Awakenings Vol. 4 on site at Hearth (Toronto, ON)

—I began my MA in the Art History department at the University of Toronto


2024

— I designed Andrew James Paterson: Never Enough Night for the exhibition of the same name at the plumb (Toronto, ON)

—I curated A Walking Start: The Quilts of Jillian Tamaki on site at Hearth (Toronto, ON)

—I co-curated what worked for me I never paid into, what I worked at never paid off on site at Hearth (Toronto, ON)

—I co-curated New Strata: Five Yearson site at Hearth (Toronto, ON)

— I contributed curatorial and documentation support to the Neltume chapter of the Woven Memory Project (Neltume, Chile)

— I co-curated Vision321, hosted by the plumb (Toronto, ON)

— Hearth presented as part of the University of Toronto's 2024 Proseminar series


2023

— I contributed the essay A New Kind of Sun to Pumice Raft's publication Gyre & Gimble

— I designed Silverfish 003

— I represented Hearth as part of a panel discussing Alternative Gallery Models and Community Building at MOCA Toronto

— I read as part of Probably Poetry #10 hosted at the Tranzac Club

— I curated Feedback Loop at MKG127 (Toronto, ON)

— I spoke on a panel organized by Céline Bureau on the topic of the Art Workers Wage Transparency Project


2022

— I developed and launched the Art Workers Wage Transparency Project

— I designed Silverfish 002

— I participated in Long Winter’s DIY Space project, travelling to the TEH (Trans Europe Halles) Conference in Prague, and to conduct research in Prague, Amsterdam, and Berlin

— I produced Hearth’s third year of programming in collaboration with Philip Ocampo, Sameen Mahboubi, Benjamin de Boer, RISE Edutainment, AfrowaveTO, The Dundas Museum and Archives, and Spacemaker II


2021

— I curated Zona de Sacrificio, a solo exhibition by Soledad Muñoz, at Hearth

— I designed Silverfish 001

— I co-curated Moonshow, hosted by the plumb (Toronto, ON)

— I designed the 2021 OCADU Visual and Critical Studies Journal


2017-2020

— I designed Mourning Anthology, published by Art Metropole

—I reviewed MOCA Toronto's exhibition The Age of You for The Peripheral Review

— I co-founded Hearth in collaboration with Sameen Mahboubi, Philip Ocampo, and Benjamin de Boer

— I curated An Observable Collapse, hosted by Xpace Cultural Centre (Toronto, ON)

— I was the 2018 receipient of the OCADU Criticism and Curatorial Studies Program Medal

— I curated Tie it Off, hosted by HAVN (Hamilton, ON)

— I organized Crit Club at OCADU, hosting artists talks and group critiques

— I collaborated with Sophia Oppel on an exhibition text for 8eleven's exhibition whose line is it anyway?