Elizabeth Rooklidge

Elizabeth Rooklidge is an independent curator based in Orange County. Her interests span a wide range of local and global, historical and contemporary. Past exhibitions and research have included the history of California art, contemporary art of the Middle East, and craft-based practices of the 1960s and 70s. Much of her curatorial work has focused on supporting emerging and underrecognized artists.

As an independent curator, Rooklidge has organized the recent exhibitions  Yasmine Kasem: Mwasah  (2018) for Grand Central Art Center, and  High-Key: Color in Southern California  (2018) for the San Diego Art Institute. She served as Associate Curator at the Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, where she curated exhibitions such as  Long, Winding Journeys: Contemporary Art and the Islamic Tradition  (2018), as well as large-scale installations such as  Victoria Fu: Egg  (2016). Prior to the KMA, she was Assistant Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, where she organized exhibitions such as  Sarah Cain: blue in your body, red when it hits the air  (2015). Rooklidge also serves as Creative Advisor of the Matthew J. Mahoney Artist-in-Residence program at the San Diego Art Institute. She received her B.A. in art history from St. Olaf College and her M.A. in art history from Williams College.