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”’Margaret Tedesco”’ (c. 1965 – October 18, 2025) was an American independent curator, and visual artist. Tedesco was |
”’Margaret Tedesco”’ (c. 1965 – October 18, 2025) was an American independent curator, and visual artist. Tedesco was of the [[New Langton Arts]] in [[San Francisco, California]]; and founded the [2nd floor projects] in 2007, an exhibition space and publisher. |
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American curator, visual artist (c. 1965–2025)
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Margaret Tedesco |
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| Born | c. 1965 |
| Died | October 18, 2025
California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Visual artist, curator, dancer, choreographer |
| Known for | Performance art, installation art, photography, video art, modern dance, graphic designer |
Margaret Tedesco (c. 1965 – October 18, 2025) was an American independent curator, and visual artist. Tedesco was one of the curators of the New Langton Arts in San Francisco, California; and founded the [2nd floor projects] in 2007, an exhibition space and publisher.
Tedesco was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.[1][2] In her early career in the 1980s she was as a modern dancer, and choreographer in Santa Barbara, California, and often worked with Laurie Burnaby.[3][4][5] During this period she took dance workshops at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions).[6]
Tedesco moved to San Francisco in 1988, where she continued modern dance and she developed a new visual arts practice, and by the late 1990s her career focus turned to curatorial work.[1] Her art practice was multidisciplinary in the mediums of photography, performance art, installation art, and video art.[7] Tedesco’s artwork has been exhibited internationally and nationally.[8][9]
She was a curatorial member of the New Langton Arts, a not-for-profit contemporary arts organization in San Francisco, California from 1999 to 2007.[1][7][10] Around 1999, Tedesco co-founded Moving Target Series, a performance and exhibition pop-up in San Francisco.[1] She founded the [2nd floor projects] in 2007, an exhibition space and publisher, initially based in the Mission District out of her rented apartment.[8][11] Additionally she assisted with the SFMOMA’s Open Space, and Visual AIDS exhibitions.[8]
Tedesco died of cancer on October 18, 2025, in California.[1]
- ^ a b c d e Hotchkiss, Sarah (October 22, 2025). “Margaret Tedesco, Artist and Curator, Was the ‘Spirit of San Francisco’“. KQED Inc. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
- ^ Bay Area Now 4: Jul 16, 2005–May 27, 2006. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. 2005. p. 120.
- ^ “Who painted that picture? Mayor and friends, that’s who!”. Santa Barbara News-Press. May 1, 1987. p. 60. Retrieved October 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Spencer, Russ (September 13, 1991). “The evolution of Art Who! Dance What?”. Santa Barbara News-Press. p. 56. Retrieved October 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ “Choreographers: Ideas dance in their heads”. Santa Barbara News-Press. October 5, 1985. p. 39. Retrieved October 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Breslauer, Jan (August 7, 1988). “LACE’s School for the Imagination”. The Los Angeles Times. p. 311–312, 314. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
- ^ a b Stein, Suzanne. “Margaret Tedesco”. SFMOMA Open Space. Archived from the original on April 29, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
- ^ a b c “Talk by Margaret Tedesco: “Love Letter to the Archive”“. CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
- ^ “Margaret Tedesco”. Premiere Jr. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
- ^ “Leila Weefur and Margaret Tedesco: Palms in the Fog, 2023”. Museum of Craft and Design (MCD). Retrieved October 25, 2025.
- ^ Hotchkiss, Sarah (November 27, 2018). “At fused space, ‘Seven Places of the Mind’ Is No Slouch”. KQED. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
