Andrew Suggs
Andrew Suggs is an arts and AIDS worker from Appalachian Tennessee. Their work and research focuses on contemporary art and HIV/AIDS, queer art and artists, performance, disruptive strategies, and photography. Andrew is a curator, writer, and practicing artist. They are currently pursuing at PhD in Art History at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
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Second Annual Conference on Artist Curated Exhibitions
Co-Curator
Giorno Poetry Systems, New York
May 3
–
4, 2025
A conference centering scholarhship around artist-curated exhibitions
created in collaboration with Anthony Huberman, Eli Copeland, Hayoung Chung, Javier Villanueva, Audrey Min, and
Đỗ Tường Linh.
Organized and moderated an intergenerational panel to discuss Against Nature (1989, LACE, Los Angeles; curated by Dennis Cooper and Richard Hawkins), an exhibition that focused on AIDS largely through affective rather than political responses. Panel included Nayland Blake, Joshua Lubin-Levy, Jo-ey Tang, Emily Colucci, Sur Rodney Sur, and Ryan Mangione. Worked with artists and distributors to recreate and screen original video program at GPS.
Organized a performative response to TransEuphoria (2011, Umbrella Arts; curated by Chloe Dzubilo and Jeffrey Greene).
Gavilán Rayna Russom performed a live electronic sound work, Oh Remain, incorporating samples of Chloe Dzubilo’s voice from the archive of T De Long. The work was reprised on the occassion of the exhibition Chloe Dzubilo: The Prince George Drawings (curated by Alex Fleming and Nia Nottage)
at Participant Inc, New York, on July 16, 2025.
>> Giorno Poetry Systems: Full Conference Information
>> Against Nature (1989): LACE Website
>> Jeffrey Greene interviewed in POZ Magazine about Transeuphoria and Chloe Dzubilo
Conference views, May 4, 2025, Giorno Poetry Systems, New York.