Lera
Kotsyuba

Lera Kotsyuba (she/her) is a curator, editor, artist, and art and architecture critic based in Tkaronto. Born in Donetsk, Ukraine, she is an immigrant and settler working on the land of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum covenant, Lera works toward shared responsibilities around the built environment. Her curatorial practice champions folk art and craft, and explores the tensions inherent in historical legacies of place.

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Completing her MA in Art History with a Curatorial Studies diploma at York University, Lera has been working across disciplines in architectural history and craft. 

 

Lera has also worked as a contributing writer and researcher for the Inuit Artist Database at the Inuit Art Foundation. She has written for numerous publications, notably FUSION Magazine, GLASHAUS, and Urban Glass, and edited a new book by Sarah Hall entitled “A Thousand Colours”. Lera has also curated the solo show of ceramicist Kathy Kranias' work, entitled Matrilineal Hauntings in 2022, and in it's second iteration at Schneider House in 2024. 

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Lera won the Young Critics Award at the 11th CEI Venice Forum for Contemporary Art Curators in 2024.

 

Lera has been a board member of the William Morris Society since 2017, and is currently the Editor in Chief of Studio Magazine.