Lucas Azevedo Cabral is a curator and arts administrator with a background in marketing, communications, and community engagement. Lucas has held positions at McIntosh Gallery, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Artcite Inc., and Artspace Peterborough.
Recent curatorial projects include Back to the Basement with Ann Hirsch and José Andrés Mora: The Mornings in Reverse at Artspace, HOTSPOT at Artcite Inc., and Conversations: The 2021 Windsor/Essex Triennial of Contemporary Art at The Art Gallery of Windsor.
Curatorial
Mikiki: Port Manteau
Artspace, 2022
José Andrés Mora: The Mornings in Reverse
Artspace, 2022
Back to the Basement with Ann Hirsch
Artspace, 2021
Conversations: The Windsor-Essex Triennial
Jude Abu Zaineh, Arturo Herrera, Cora Cluett, Three Collective, Paul Dignan, Lucy Howe, Sharmistha Kar, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Luke Maddaford, Christopher McNamara, Czarina Mendoza, Marc Ngui, Sasha Opeiko, Imogen Clendinning,
Curated with Ray Cronin.
Art Gallery of Windsor, 2021
Boogie Wonderland
Ho Tam and Raphael Sanchez.
LEFT Contemporary, 2020
HOTSPOT: a live stream performance series about intimacy and connection
Francisco-Fernando Granados, Ronnie Clarke, B. Wijshjer, Mikiki.
Artcite Inc., 2020
Come Out Come Out
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2020
I Can Boogie But I Need a Certain Song Amie Siegel, Maya Ben David, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Bearbara, John Greyson.
Artcite Inc., 2019
If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It
Alyson Mitchell, Michelle Pearson Clarke, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Thirza Cuthand, Vivek Shraya, Danny Welsh, Coral Short.
McIntosh Gallery, 2018
Finishing Lines
Stephen Mueller, Jessica Karuhanga, Liz Peterson, Katie Lyle & Shelby Wright.
Co-organized with Jenna Faye Powell.
Forest City Gallery, 2016
Experience
Artistic Director/Curator, Artspace Peterborough
Executive Director, Artcite Inc.
Board of Directors, Artist-Run Centres and Collectives of Ontario (ARCCO)
Totally Outright Program Coordinator, AIDS Committee of Durham Region
Board of Directors, Pride Durham Region
Consultant, Ontario Museum Association + Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (Inclusion 2025: A Practitioners Guide to Inclusive Museums)
Communications + Digital Media Lead, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Digital Marketing, Harbourfront Centre
Communications + Outreach Coordinator, McIntosh Gallery
Curatorial Assistant, McIntosh Gallery
Speaking
On Regional, Rural and Urban Collaboration (panel)
ARCCO Members Summit, 2020.
“Curating, administration, and all the art I’m not making”
Department of Visual Arts, Western University + McIntosh Gallery, 2019.
Incubation
Flock Fest, Leamington Art Centre, 2019.
Canadian Arts Marketing Conference (panel)
Canadian Arts Marketing Conference, Toronto, 2018.
Inclusion 2025: A Practitioners Guide to Inclusive Museums
Organized by Ontario Museum Association, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, The Royal Ontario Museum. 2018.
Art Work Work Work (panel)
The University of Western Ontario, 2018.
Writing
Dana Buzzee: The Coven on Her Back.
Femme Art Review, 2019.
From the Outside In: The Welcome Experience Beyond the Front Door, Inclusion 2025: A Practitioners Guide to Inclusive Museums