Olivia Wrobleski serves as curatorial fellow in contemporary art, where she oversees tours of the Vilcek Foundation’s exhibitions. An instrumental member of the art department, she supports the organization and implementation of future exhibitions, providing research and insight for print and website publications that promote the artists and artwork in the Vilcek Foundation Collection.

Prior to her position at the Vilcek Foundation, Wrobleski worked for a variety of arts institutions, beginning at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum as a museum assistant. She further developed her skills through freelance positions and documenting Icelandic art for a travel publication. Over the course of several years, Wrobleski refined her curatorial practice as an art consultant for Shape Art’s 2024 Venice Biennale exhibition, Crip Arte Spazio, and as assistant curator for Spilt Milk Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she assisted in the planning of the exhibition Cartography of Care. 

As an intern and collections researcher at Art UK, and later a museum experience associate at the Newport Art Museum in Rhode Island, Wrobleski developed a passion for visitor engagement that informs much of her current work. These roles provided her with an opportunity to develop self-directed publications that aimed to assist in public engagement for art institutions. Most notably, this included museum guides for Newport Art Museum, such as Renee Cox’s REVOLUTION/REVELATION and for their permanent sculpture garden, as well as her “Object in Focus” curation series for Art UK’s digital platforms. Wrobleski is passionate about making art more accessible for all audiences, as well as highlighting artists and mediums that have historically been marginalized.

Wrobleski earned her MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History from the University of Edinburgh; her dissertation, “An Exploration of the Discrepancy Between Art & Craft: Intersectionality, Sentimentality, & Formality,” focused on the separation of art and craft through a socio-economic and political lens, examining its trickle-down effects and its impact on curatorial and museum practices. She achieved a BA from Mount Holyoke College in art history and fine arts. 

In addition to her academic work, Wrobleski is a writer and artist, trained primarily in ceramics and sculpture. She studied ceramics at Siena Art Institute, where she exhibited her work in the Spring 2020 group show. She has held several residencies and apprenticeships with studios in New England where she grew up, including at Rhode Island College.