Adam Welch

Background: Prior to joining the AGO in 2023, Adam held various curatorial roles at the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Recent curatorial projects include the 2022 retrospective General Idea, Joseph Beuys (2015–17), The Advent of Abstraction (2016­–17), and the Indigenous and Canadian Galleries at the NGC (2017). He holds an MA from Columbia University, and a PhD in the history of art from the University of Toronto. His dissertation, Borderline Research: Art between Canada and the United States, 1965–75, explored relationships between artists, curators, and dealers across the Canadian-American border.