Curatorial Work

My curatorial practice operates across worlds—digital, embodied, civic, celestial. I build containers for collective transformation. Whether it’s a street-level warehouse or a virtual landscape, I shape spaces for experimental art, speculative technology, and emergent community.

Below are some of the exhibitions and platforms I’ve had the honor of curating or founding, alongside the brilliant artists who helped define them.

Underground Atlanta (2020–2022)

As Creative Director of Underground Atlanta, I led the transformation of one of Atlanta’s most storied spaces from a forgotten relic into a vibrant nexus of art, culture, and possibility. When I arrived, Underground was physically decaying and culturally dormant. Within the first six months, our initiatives brought over 100,000 visitors to the site—rekindling its spirit and restoring it to public imagination.

I launched the Underground Roots Program, offering rent-free studios and storefronts to over 70 artists, curators, musicians, and creative entrepreneurs. This initiative empowered a new generation of experimental makers while activating the city’s architecture as a platform for performance, installation, and civic dreaming.

My work helped attract over $40 million in investment and established international partnerships that connected Atlanta’s underground to a global network of curators, technologists, and institutions. I curated installations, developed residency infrastructure, and turned forgotten tunnels into laboratories of light and sound.

Flagship spaces like No Tomorrow, Innerspace Gallery, and Emmcdee emerged as grassroots venues for performance art, live music, AI-powered exhibits, and digital art showcases. In 2022, I co-produced and hosted the inaugural Atlanta Digital Art Week—a citywide festival of immersive technology, NFTs, XR, and generative media—bringing over 75 international artists to Underground Atlanta.

Through this curatorial and strategic work, I didn’t just reimagine Underground—I redefined its purpose. The project became a living proof-of-concept for how art and culture can drive economic revitalization, spatial justice, and collective re-enchantment.

📖 Atlanta Magazine: Notes from Underground’s DIY Art Scene

📖 Saporta Report: The City Beneath the City

📖 Rough Draft: Atlanta Digital Art Week Opens at Underground

Atlanta Digital Art Week

A citywide celebration of digital art and culture. Featuring over 75 international artists, immersive installations, symposia, and workshops, ADAW reimagines what a contemporary festival can be. Held at Underground Atlanta and supported by a global network of curators and partners.

Museum of the Moon

A lunar museum installation from artist Luke Jerram alongside Marseille based artists, Mr.Difuz and Etienne Rey. Created as part of Elevate Atlanta with Villa Albertine and La Friche la belle de Mai

Downtown & Midtown Players Clubs

Two radical art spaces in Atlanta dedicated to underground performance, experimental exhibitions, and community-driven programming. These spaces nurtured hundreds of emerging artists, transforming storefronts into laboratories of imagination.

NUBIA: Metaverses, NFTs, and New Realities

“NUBIA: Metaverses, NFTs, and New Realities” brings together a selection of immersive experiences and digital environments created by Catalan artists and collectives, as well as international guests invited to join the NUBIA collective. Through the program, participating artists receive mentorship, training, and support during the early stages of their projects.

Each metaverse proposed by the artists follows its own logic—inviting collectors, visitors, and experts to explore, engage, and socialize through gamification, immersion, and interaction. These virtual worlds are inhabited by fantastical avatars and digital artworks curated by Alejandro Martín and Kris Pilcher

Featured Projects:

As co-curator of the NUBIA Project at Espronceda Institute of Art and Culture, I helped lead exhibitions, artist training, and research focused on blockchain, XR technologies, and new models of creative authorship. NUBIA supports artists who critically engage with digital sovereignty and post-capitalist modes of creation.

International Grant and Exhibition Panels

I've served on juries, selection committees, and curatorial advisory panels for public art, research, and cultural projects across the US, Europe, and Latin America—championing work that interrogates systems, amplifies underrepresented voices, and invents new forms.

Digital Divide

An exhibition of work inspired by the technology, aesthetics, and society of the digital age. Exploring the implications of communication, surveillance, networks, and the poetic residue of connectivity.

Artists

Lilly Reeves

Joe Bigley

Jonas Lund

Nathan Sharratt

NEM Art Collective (2008–2013)

A collective experiment in site-specific performance, video, and immersive environments. We challenged the art world from the inside and out—releasing media into the wild and reshaping the underground art scene in the South.

Celebration in the Lair of the Serpent Queen

A performance ritual of movement, costume, and multimedia created with the NEM collective.

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Legends of the Underground

Documenting the deep roots of Atlanta’s alt-art scenes—featuring fire, fashion, poetry, and resistance. Presented by NEM Art & Neon Armour.

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