Ola Wlusek has been The Ringling’s Keith D. Monda Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art since 2018. She is a 2021 recipient of a Curatorial Research Fellowship from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for the development of Reclaiming Home: Contemporary Seminole Art (2023), The Ringling’s first exhibition and publication of Native American art. Wlusek has curated many significant solo exhibitions at The Ringling, including June Clark: Harlem: Quilt; Ya Levy La’ford: American/Rōōts; Howie Tsui: Retainers of Anarchy; and Natasha Mazurka: Order Systems. She also organizes exhibitions from permanent collection, including As long as there is sun, as long as there is light; Larry Rivers: Boston Massacre; and Remaking the World, among others. Prior to joining The Ringling, Wlusek was a Public Art Program Coordinator for the City of Calgary in Alberta; from 2011 to 2015 she was Curator of Contemporary Art at the Ottawa Art Gallery in Ontario. Wlusek earned an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London.