Sue Spaid

Belgium-based philosopher Sue Spaid, Ph. D., has been active in the art world as a collector, curator, art writer, university lecturer and museum director since 1984. She is the author of five books on art and ecology, such as the monograph »The Philosophy of Curatorial Practice: Between Work and World« (2020). In addition, she publishes regularly in various journals, such as » Aesthetic Investigations«, for which she is also an associate editor.
As an independent curator, she has organized well over 50 exhibitions for artist-run spaces, university galleries, commercial galleries and museums such as Santa Monica Museum of Art, Armory Center for the Arts, SPACES and the Abington Art Center and Sculpture Park. She has also served as curator of both the Bellevue Art Museum's »Pacific Northwest Annual« (2001) and the Mississippi Museum of Art's »Mississippi Invitational« (2006). During her »Yes Brainer Tour« (2005-2006), she travelled via car to 38 states presenting »The Gist of Isness« along the way. From 1990-1995, she ran Sue Spaid Fine Art, a scrappy Los Angeles gallery that launched dozens of local artists’ careers.