Head of Gallery

VCUarts Qatar invites applications for the position of Head of Gallery to support and promote the School’s vision and mission through impactful exhibitions, speakers, and relevant public programs. The successful candidate will be a dynamic professional with a prominent curatorial voice and vision with significant hands-on experience in all aspects of curation, exhibition design, and associated activities.

The Head of Gallery position will develop and implement a curatorial vision to guide an ambitious exhibition and speaker program and elevate the intellectual contributions of the VCUarts Qatar Gallery in local, regional, and global discourse. With an emphasis on showcasing work from emerging and established artists and designers, the Gallery facilitates wide-ranging activities and public programs at VCUarts Qatar, including the Crossing Boundaries Lecture and Workshop Series, Wavelength Lecture Series, Project Spaces exhibitions, the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) exhibitions, while partnering with the Hamad Bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and the Tasmeem Doha conference.

The successful candidate will provide leadership and vision for the VCUarts Qatar Gallery, teach or co-teach undergraduate or graduate-level courses, and engage in creative practice and/or scholarly research that speaks to their own areas of interest. The ideal candidate will have curatorial experience working across disciplines in art, design, and art history.