Anna Gallagher-Ross (she/her) is a curator and arts leader with 15 years of experience shaping transformative artistic experiences across public spaces, festivals, museums, and theatres in Toronto and internationally.
From 2017–2021, Anna served as Co-Artistic Director & Curator of the acclaimed Fusebox Festival, presenting interdisciplinary artists from Austin, across the U.S., and around the world. At Fusebox, she collaborated with artists to create ambitious, inclusive experiences that fostered meaningful connections between art and audiences.
Prior to Fusebox, Anna held roles at major museums, theatres, and art centers in Canada and the U.S., including Assistant Curator for the 2017 Live Arts Biennial at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and Curatorial Fellow for the 2016–17 exhibition Merce Cunningham: Common Time at the Walker Art Center. She also held curatorial and producing positions at Toronto’s Nightwood Theatre, The Paprika Festival, Theatre Revolve, and Sister Writes.
Anna has independently curated and produced projects and exhibitions in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and Australia, including as guest curator for Performance Space Sydney’s Liveworks Festival. Her writing and interviews have appeared in Art Papers, C Magazine, The Walker Reader, Theater, and major exhibition and festival catalogues. She is the co-editor of the Performance Curation issue of Imagined Theatres.
Recognized internationally, Anna has spoken on curation and arts management at leading festivals and conferences including the European Festival Academy, Luminato, OFFTA, SXSW, On the Boards, and Transform Festival, among others. She has served as advisor to UNESCO Creative Cities Austin, and panelist for organizations such as Waterfront Toronto, Nuit Blanche, Creative Capital, and the MAP Fund. In 2019–20, she was selected for the inaugural cohort of GENERATE, a British Council–Arts Council England program supporting exchange among U.S. and U.K. curators and producers. She is the recipient of the 2025 Jini Stolk Creative Fellowship. Anna is a graduate of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.