Gervais Marsh

Dr. Gervais Marsh is a writer, curator and scholar based in New York City, whose practice meditates on questions of relation, intimacy, and the limits of reconciliation. Guided by a desire to foster emotional resonances through texts, exhibition making, public art and programming, they seek to ignite ongoing reflection rather than definitive answers. With a commitment to citation influenced by Black Feminisms, they believe that knowledge is created collectively, and lean into the vulnerability of uncertainty, recognizing that not everything can be known. Affirming modes of meaning making that circumvent the grips of racial capitalism, they prioritize listening, introspection and thoughtful dialogue as critical to intentional study. They received a PhD in Performance Studies and work on the curatorial team at Creative Time as the Artist Research Manager. Marsh's writing has been published widely in artist monographs, exhibition catalogs and arts journals and they teach undergraduate/graduate courses at the intersections of Black Feminist Theory and Praxis, Performance Studies, Black Queer Studies, Caribbean Studies and Visual Culture. They grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, a home that shapes their understanding of self and relationship to the world.