Andria Hickey is a curator, writer, and strategic advisor. She is currently Head of Programs at Shorefast and Fogo Island Arts.

Andria’s curatorial research and practice is focused on cross-disciplinary experimentation, socially engaged art, and contemporary approaches to abstraction in the digital age. She is inspired by the intersections of art and ecology, civic engagement and art in the public realm.

At Shorefast, Andria oversees the holistic direction of the organization’s interdisciplinary programs, including Fogo Island Arts, as well as environmental stewardship initiatives, heritage sites and programs designed to center place and culture in community economic development.

Prior to joining Shorefast, Andria oversaw the visual art program at The Shed, NY, a multidisciplinary cultural center dedicated to new art forms. Prior to The Shed, she was a global Senior Director and Curator at Pace Gallery, where she established a new curatorial team and initiated the live arts program Pace Live, while advancing the exhibition program and artist roster. During her tenure she curated numerous exhibitions including monographic surveys and major thematic exhibitions. Before joining Pace, she was Senior Curator at MOCA Cleveland, where she shaped the vision for the program, managed the exhibitions and curatorial teams, and focused on community engagement initiatives, including a two-year residency of Town Halls with Hank Willis Thomas and the For Freedoms artist coalition.

Hailing from St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, Andria earned her BA from Memorial University and an MA in Canadian Art History from Concordia University in Montreal. She moved to the United States in 2007 for a role in the Visual Arts Department at the Walker Art Center, where she was a curatorial fellow until 2010. Moving on to New York, she was Curator of Art in General in New York and later appointed Curator at the Public Art Fund where from 2011-2016, she organized public art exhibitions and new commissions throughout New York City.

In addition to her curatorial work, Andria is a strategic advisor to artists, cultural foundations and arts institutions, and has collaborated with Christopher Lew’s curatorial consulting office, C/O Curatorial Office, and the advising firm, Agency 291. She has lectured broadly, and her written work has been published in a wide variety of journals and exhibition catalogues.

Andria lives in Brooklyn, NY, and will soon be splitting her time on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada.