Tim Peterson is an experienced curator and executive director. He is an advocate for artists, contemporary art, audience engagement, equity, access and transparency. As a curator, he has served as Chief Curator for the Savannah College of Art and Design’s Museum of Art, as founding director and curator of Franklin Art Works (Minneapolis), and as Assistant Curator for Lannan Foundation (Los Angeles) along with independent work. He is also deeply invested in removing economic barriers in order to expand attendance and participation.
At CMCA, he curated 23 exhibitions during his tenure in galleries spanning 6,000 square feet, commissioning and premiering major bodies of work by Alison Hildreth, Gamaliel Rodriguez, Jeane Cohen, Shinique Smith, Ellie Ga, Rodrigo Valenzuela, Nancy Andrews, Ian Trask, Elijah Ober, Yashua Klos, Nicola López, Young Sun Han, Chris Doyle, Hiraki Sawa, and Ryan Adams. Collaborative curatorial projects include Daniel Minter & Eneida Sanches: Through This to That (with Marcia Minter), the 2023 CMCA Biennial, and thematic exhibitions including The View from Here: CMCA at 70, Walk the Line, Into Action, and Spatial Relations (with Rachel Romanski).
Notable previous exhibitions include Nari Ward: So Called, Linear Abstraction and Jack Leigh: Full Circle (SCAD Museum of Art, with Susan Laney) and over 130 solo exhibitions at Franklin Art Works, including premiers by Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Shinique Smith, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Rob Fischer, Nicola López, Ghada Amer, Wardell Milan, Uta Barth, Dawit L. Petros, and Kehinde Wiley. Franklin Art Works exhibitions traveled to the Hammer Museum, MoMA/PS1, and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.