Jeppe Ugelvig

Speaker

Jeppe Ugelvig is a curator, historian, and cultural critic based in California. He is a current Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Cruz, where his research focuses on artistic responses to consumerism and product culture in the global 20th century. Jeppe’s criticism appears regularly in Artforum, Frieze, and Spike Art Quarterly, where he serves as contributing editor. He has contributed texts to exhibition catalogs published by institutions such as MIT List Center, Pro Helvetia, and more. His first book, Fashion Work: 25 Years of Art in Fashion, was published by Damiani in 2020. Jeppe has staged exhibitions in institutions and museums around the world, most recently at MMCA in Seoul, where he curated the exhibition “패션전시.” In 2021, he curated the Talks program at Frieze London featuring discussions with artists such as ruangrupa and Arthur Jafa.