Cecelia Graham (she / her) is a curator based between Belfast, Derry and Mid-Ulster in the north of Ireland.
Cecelia explores collective knowledge gathering and non-hierarchical labour practices in order to challenge notions of hyper-productivity, disciplinary borders and power structures often relied on within institutions. Her work considers modes of working that emerge from collaborative and slow methods within ecology, agriculture, craft and messy acts of love and vulnerability. Challenging the language of professionalism, Cecelia seeks alternative modes of advocating for and supporting a
community of artists that resist strict, slick outputs. Cecelia is a previous Co-Director at Catalyst Arts.
Cecelia has a collaborative practice with curator Grace Jackson, researching kind-hearted and vulnerable approaches to artistic-curatorial relationships and establishing alternative modes of advocating and caring for a community of artists that values friendship and artistic autonomy. The duo were Curators-in-Residence at PS2 in Belfast from 2021-2023.
Cecelia’s recent projects include companion planting, a series of gatherings that seek collective strategies of support and resistance when working with institutions and within extractive governance structures.
