Matthew Kyba is a curator and writer from Toronto, now living in Detroit. His curatorial focus investigates global socio-political conditions in attempts at revealing hidden oppressive structures, while also positioning art as a space for both resistance and the reclamation of agency. His current research looks at how neoliberal and globalized economies perpetuate cultural marginalization.
Kyba’s curated exhibitions have travelled throughout Canada and the United States, including Esmaa Mohamoud’s “To Place in the Face of Certain Defeat” and the Ontario Arts Council'‘s Exhibition of the Year (2023) “Sutures” featuring Emii Alrai and Eve Tagny.
Recently in 2024, he received National Endowment for the Arts project grant co-curating “How Do I Look”, an exhibition with Lawrence Lemaoana looking at how South Africa’s emerging generation sees themselves whilst growing up as the first generation under new oppressive frameworks from neoliberal globalization.
Matthew has a small Italian Greyhound named Rico who he loves very much.