Natalie Hope O’Donnell (born 1979 in Norway) is a PhD candidate in the research project Place and Displacement: Exhibiting Architecture. She studied Modern History and Politics at Jesus College, Oxford (2002) and History of Art at the University of Oslo (2009). She also holds a PGDL/LPC postgraduate degree in Law and graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Curating Contemporary Art in 2008. She conducted doctoral research on curatorial practices at the London Consortium under the supervision of Mark Cousins at the Architecture Association.
She has worked for the Norwegian National Touring Exhibitions, the DSV Network in Oslo, and the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London. Curated projects include: Tris Vonna-Michell performance (London, 2008); Of This Tale I Cannot Guarantee a Single Word exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, 2008); Chelpa Ferro performance (SPACE, London, 2007); On – Off Poltergeist exhibition (Mezkalito, Hollybush Gardens, London, 2007); An A – Z of Doubt exhibition (Serpentine, London 2007).
O’Donnell is co-curator of the forthcoming Pushwagner exhibition, which opens in the summer of 2012 at Milton Keynes Gallery. She has written catalogue essays and articles for Artslant, ICE, Artvehicle and e-flux journal. Her research at AHO concerns curatorial practices in relation to art and architecture, and approaches to exhibition design and audience engagement.