EDUCATION

• 2020 | MFA, Fine Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK.

• 2016 | BA Honours, Distinction in English Literature, Creative Writing, and Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

• 2015 | Exchange in British Literature, King’s College London, London, UK.
  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2025 | Gina DeCagna: The Dust Among Greener Leaves, Orleans House Gallery, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK.

• 2022 | Gina DeCagna: Archival Auras, One Paved Court Gallery, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK, 22 Feb – 14 Mar.

• 2020 | One Fold, Two Fold, Ten Fold, Manifold, Solo Installation and Public Engagement Events, Research Library Series at Exposed Arts Projects, Kensington, London, UK, 1 – 2 Feb.

• 2019 | Gina DeCagna: Languages of Medium, Studio 73 Gallery, Brixton, London, UK, 5 – 11 Aug.

  • I YOU ME: A Public Participatory Artist Book by Gina DeCagna, Olio Projects at Hot Bed Gallery, Philadelphia, PA USA, 5 – 7 Jul.

• 2015 | DECAY: Presenting Gina DeCagna, The Philomathean Society Gallery, College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 5 Sept – 19 Sept.


  • The Kerry Prize: Gina DeCagna on Artists’ Books, Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 7 Apr.
    

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2024 | This Language Rematerialised, Palimpsest Projects, One Paved Court Gallery, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK.

  • Collage and Assemblage, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 21 Jun – 21 Jul.

• 2021 | Figments: A Digital and Audio Exhibition, Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK, 30 Aug – 30 Sept.

• 2020 | Interesting Times in Venice, the British Council at The Cass and Bank Space Gallery, London, UK, 5 Oct – 5 Dec.

  • London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, 3 Sept – 11 Oct.

  • Goldsmiths 2020 MFA Degree Exhibition, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, UK, 2 – 6 Oct.

  • Distant Sounds: A Collective Participatory Sound Artwork, Digital and Audio Exhibition, Olio Projects, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 24 Mar – 4 May.

• 2019 | Interim+, Goldsmiths MFA Exhibition, Goldsmiths, University of London, Deptford, London, UK, 8 – 11 Jul.

  • A Dance of Scales, Assembly Point Gallery, Peckham, London, UK, 28 – 30 Jun.

  • It Got Brighter, Then Dimmer Next to the Wound, Enclave Lab, Enclave Projects Gallery, Deptford, London, UK, 14 – 17 Mar.

  • Director’s Choice: Under 30 Exhibition, Viridian Artists Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, USA, 26 Feb – 23 Mar.

• 2018 | The 29th International Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, USA, 19 Jun – 14 Jul.

• 2016 | Fine Arts 2016: Senior Thesis Exhibition, Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 14 – 26 Apr.


  • Dichotomy: Gina DeCagna and Terrill Warrenburg, Saxbys Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 9 Nov 2015 – 2 Mar.

• 2015 | From Paper to Infinity: Artists’ Books and Publications, Education Commons at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 13 Oct – 18 Dec.

  • Gina DeCagna and Terrill Warrenburg, exhibition hosted by the Trustees Council of Penn Women, Penn’s Leadership in the Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 16 Apr.
    

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP: CULTURAL ENTERPRISES

• 2024 – present | Founder and Director, Palimpsest Projects CIC, London, UK.

• 2012 – 2016 | Founder, Director, and Editor-in-Chief, SYMBIOSIS: The Crossroads of Art and Writing, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 17 Sept ‘12 – 15 Aug ‘16.
  

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND CURATION: PROGRAMMES, WORKSHOPS, OR EXHIBITIONS

• 2025 | Organiser, Workshop Facilitator, Palimpsest Projects: Storied Walks and Collage Workshops, Richmond Green and Richmond Library, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK, 11 Jan – 1 Mar.

• 2024 | Exhibition Curator, Lina A: RAM (Random Access Memory), Rabbet Gallery, Copeland Park, Peckham, London, 5–8 Dec.

  • Exhibition Curator, Immersed and Imbued: 8 Women Artists on Abstraction and Expressionism in Britain’s Contemporary Landscapes, One Paved Court Gallery, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK, 23 Oct – 10 Nov 2024. 

  • Exhibition Curator, This Language Rematerialised, Palimpsest Projects, One Paved Court Gallery, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK, 25 Sept – 20 Oct.

• 2022 | Workshop Facilitator, Gina DeCagna: Archival Auras, One Paved Court Gallery, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK, 12 Mar.

• 2020 | Workshop Organiser, Facilitator, One Fold, Two Fold, Ten Fold, Manifold, Exposed Arts Projects, Kensington, London, UK, 1–2 Feb.

  • Workshop Organiser, Facilitator, Interdisciplinary Writing Workshop (Invited Lecturer Maria Fusco), Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK, 27 Jan, 3, 10 Feb.

• 2018 | Organiser, Facilitator, VIS-À-VIS: Art & Writing Critical Reading Group, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) and Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 5, 12, 19, 26, June – 10, 17, 24, 31 Jul.

• 2016 | Curator, Activating the Archive: A SYMBIOSIS Interactive Visual-Literary Exhibition, Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 18 Apr – 24 Aug.

• 2015 | Organiser, Workshop Facilitator, SYMBIOSIS: Art & Writing Collaborative Workshops, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 28 Oct – 22 Nov.

  • Organiser, Director, SYMBIOSIS Issue III, Exhibition with Literary Readings and Artist Talks, Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 15 Apr – 24 Aug.

• 2014 | Organiser, Director, SYMBIOSIS Issue II, Exhibition with Literary Readings and Artist Talks, Brodsky Gallery, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 9 Apr – 28 Aug.

  • Organiser, Workshop Facilitator, SYMBIOSIS Art & Writing Collaborative Workshops, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 30 Aug ’13 – 2 Feb.


• 2013 | Organiser, Director, SYMBIOSIS Issue I, Publication Launch and Literary Readings, hosted at Claudia Cohen Hall, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 17 Apr.

SELECT LECTURES, TALKS, OR READINGS


• 2024 | Curator’s Talk, This Language Rematerialised, Palimpsest Projects, One Paved Court Gallery, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK

• 2022 | Artist Talk, Gina DeCagna: Archival Auras, Solo Exhibition, One Paved Court Gallery, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK, 5 Mar.

• 2021 | Reader, Figments, Digital and Audio Exhibition, Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK, 30 Sept.

• 2020 | Lecturer, Workshop Leader, ‘Blind Spots: Seeing and Reading Text and Image,’ Communicating the Unsayable: Learning at the Intersection of Language and the Arts, hosted by University of Leeds and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Making at Drawing Room of the Art Library, Leeds Central Library, Leeds, UK, 6 Feb.

  • Artist Talk, One Fold, Two Fold, Ten Fold, Manifold, Exposed Arts Projects, Kensington, London, UK, 1 Feb.

• 2019 | Artist Talk, hosted by Corso Curatori: School of Curatorial Studies Venice, Biblioteca del Conservatio di Musica Benedetto Marcello, Venice, Italy, 6 Jun.

• 2018 | Panellist, International Juried Exhibition Discussion with Johanna Burton (Curator and Director of Education at The New Museum), hosted by Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, NY, USA, 12 Jul.

  • Reader, ‘PennArts Festival Launch’, hosted by Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 22 Aug.


  • Reader, ‘Sensible Nonsense’, hosted by Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 25 Jan.

  • Reader, ‘Mind of Winter,’ hosted by Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 25 Jan.

• 2017 | Lecturer, ‘Populist and Participatory Poetry in the Political State,’ Symposium: Apolitical, My Ars!: Dissent, Resistance, and Revolution in the Avant-Garde Arts, hosted by Philadelphia

  • Avant-Garde Studies Consortium, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, & Manuscripts, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1 Dec.

• 2016 | Reader, ‘Alight: Garden Railway,’ Poetry Installation, Creative Expressions Tour, hosted by the Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA, USA, installed 1 Aug.

  • Lecturer, ‘The Beauty in the Book,’ The 60-Second Lecture Series, hosted by School of Arts and Sciences, Fisher Bennett Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 14 May.

    
    

AWARDS OR GRANTS

• 2025 | Emerging Artists Programme, Orleans House Gallery, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK.

  • Microgrant Recipient, Richmond Arts and Ideas Festival, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK.

• 2024 | Civic Pride Fund, Palimpsest Projects: Public Engagement Walks and Workshops, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK.

• 2022 | Emerging Artist Bursary, One Paved Court Gallery, Richmond Upon Thames, London, UK.

• 2021, 2022 | Award Finalist, US Fulbright Commission in Partnership with the Netherlands, Creative Arts, Bookmaking Category: ‘Intertextual Collage and the Sociality of the Book’, USA and the Netherlands.

• 2020 | Academic Communities Grant, Awarded for Interdisciplinary Writing Workshop: MFA Fine Arts, Goldsmiths Student Union and Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK.

• 2018 | Public Program Partner, Independent Creative Production Grant, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

• 2016 | The Fine Arts Outstanding Award in Sculpture and 3D Design, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

• 2015 | The Fine Arts Outstanding Junior Award, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

  • The Kerry Sherin Wright Prize for Creative Community Engagement, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

• 2014 | The Fine Arts Outstanding Award in Drawing and Painting, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

  • The Lawrence Shprintz Award for Travel to the United Kingdom, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 


  • Meredith Corporation Scholarship Award for Writing, Editing, and Publishing, New York Women in Communications Foundation, New York, NY, USA.

• 2011 | The Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
  

OTHER CULTURAL WORK

• 2024 – present | Creative Learning Manager, Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, London, UK.

• 2018 – present | Freelance Writer and Editor, London, UK, 5 Sept ‘18 – current.

• 2021 – 2022 | Assistant Editor, Garnet Education, Reading, UK, 6 Sept ’21 – 6 May ‘22.

• 2020 – 2021 | Contributor, Workshop Leader, LILA: Learning at the Intersection of Language and the Arts, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 6 Feb ‘20 – 17 Jun ‘21.


• 2017 – 2018 | Steering Committee Member, PASC: Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 5 May ‘17 – 24 Aug ‘18.


• 2012 – 2018 | Literary Hub Committee Member, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 20 Aug ‘12 – 24 Aug ‘18.


• 2016 – 2017 | Editorial Services Assistant (Trade Books), HarperCollins Publishers, Princeton, NJ, USA, 24 Oct ’16 ¬– 3 Nov ‘17.

• 2015 – 2016 | Storytelling Assistant, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 25 May ’15 – 8 Apr ‘16.

• 2013 – 2016 | Editorial Assistant, Kelly Writers House, Jacket2 Poetry and Poetics Journal, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 28 Aug ‘13 – 15 Jan ‘16.

• 2015 | Curatorial Intern, Literary and Historical Manuscripts, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY, USA, 18 May – 7 Aug.

  • Contributing Artist, Designing for Collective Action, Slought Foundation and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 25 – 29 Mar.

  • Curatorial Intern, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19 Jan – 13 Apr.

• 2013 | Editorial Intern, UrbanGlass, The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly Magazine, Brooklyn, NY, USA, 16 May – 2 Aug.

FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

• 2019 | Venice Biennale Steward-Research Fellow, British Council, Venice, Italy and London, UK, 5 May – 5 Jun.

  • Resident Artist, Letterpress Printing, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica: School of International Graphics, Venice, Italy, 6 – 12 Jun.

• 2017 – 2018 | Van Doren Fellow of Public Engagement in the Arts, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) and Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 13 Nov ‘17 – 24 Aug ‘18.

• 2013 – 2014 | TRAC Visual Arts Resident, Rodin College House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19 Aug ‘13 – 15 Apr ‘14.

• 2012 – 2013 | Literature and Culture Resident, Ware College House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 20 Aug ’12 – 12 Apr ‘13.