Jessie Robertson

Modern Art Oxford, UK
Curator of Exhibitions and Live Programme

Jessie Robertson is Curator of Exhibitions and Live Programmes at Modern Art Oxford. She has curated exhibitions and new commissions by Frieda Toranzo Jaeger and Valerie Asiimwe Amani and is currently developing a major solo exhibition with Suzanne Treister which opens in October 2025.

Alongside this, she devises and delivers the live programme at Modern Art Oxford, focusing on interdisciplinary practice and platforming emerging performance in the city. As Curator (2023-present) and Assistant Curator (2019-2023) at Modern Art Oxford, Robertson has worked on exhibitions, publications and residencies for artists including Belkis Ayón, Jesse Darling, Carey Young, Marina Abramović and Ruth Asawa.

She holds a PhD and MA in contemporary art history from The Courtauld Institute of Art.

Jessie Robertson is visiting Vienna on a group research trip in April 2025.

Photo: Clare Stimpson