Amarie Gipson

Amarie Gipson is a Houston born writer, art critic, and cultural worker based in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BA in Liberal Studies & Sociology from St. Edward’s University in 2018. Gipson is the former Editorial Director of MUD Magazine, the cultural compass of the South. Her writing has appeared in ARTNews, ARTS.BLACK, Conflict of Interest, and THE SEEN among several other journals and magazines. She has worked as an arts administrator in several American institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago, The Renaissance Society, The Contemporary Austin, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Gipson currently works as the Curatorial Assistant, Permanent Collection at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Her research and writing interests range from Black feminist theory and experimental cinema to the rich history and culture of the American South. She is currently working on a project on visual artist Tomashi Jackson for Artforum.