| Joseph del Pesco | |
| Birth Name: | Joseph Thomas del Pesco |
| Birth Date: | December 29, 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Wilmington, Delaware |
| Nationality: | American |
| Field: | curator |
| Training: | California College of the Arts |
| Awards: | Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Banff Curatorial Residency, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebuadengo residency, Fogo Island Arts Residency, ArtPort Tel Aviv residency, Beta-Local residency |
Joseph Thomas Del Pesco is a contemporary art curator and arts writer. He is currently the International Director of Kadist.
He holds a 2005 Masters of Arts degree in Curatorial Practice from the California College of the Arts.[1] In 2002, del Pesco was chosen to participate in the Renaissance Society's group show, Watery, Domestic.[2]
Del Pesco has had his writing published in Manifesta Journal.[3] In 2018, his book of short stories The Museum Took a Few Minutes to Collect Itself was published by Art Metropole (Toronto, Canada).[4] In 2024, del Pesco wrote a short story with artist Jon Rubin for the Substack newsletter Do Not Research titled DAO of the Dead.[5]