LuLing Osofsky

Curatorial Fellow, Exhibitions

LuLing Osofsky recently earned her PhD from the Department of History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz. Her research and writing focus on contemporary art, climate change, environmental humanities, and the ways artistic practice can translate scientific and ecological research for broader publics. She has presented creative and critical work at SFMOMA and the Getty Museum, and her environmental writing has appeared in Paris Review Daily, High Country News, Orion, and The Offing. Osofsky has also worked closely with scientists and artists on interdisciplinary exhibition projects, including as a Curatorial Fellow for The Weather and the Whale at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences, where she helped translate climate and marine science research into public-facing exhibition content. For UC CAAN, Osofsky serves as Curatorial Fellow, contributing to exhibition research, writing, interpretive materials, publications, and public programming for forthcoming exhibitions at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History and the Institute of Contemporary Art San José.