• Bio
• Syndkt
• The Bureau

• Writing
  • Review: Partially Swamped
  • An education in alternatives
  • The A.B.C.D.E.F.G. of Love
  • Transmography and liability
  • Review: Desolation Row
  • With higher standards
  • Do not dry clean
  • Here they see
  • Crisis log
  • The method
  • The dispute
  • Antichrist hypothesis
  • Untitled psalm

I'm an artist, curator, writer, and consultant organizing projects under the alias of Syndicate since 2014.

Syndicate is a liquid, nomadic contemporary art platform producing exhibitions, events, and publications with a group of long-term artist collaborators. It’s now based in Vilnius, with former headquarters in Los Angeles, Cologne, and London.

I'm currently the curator of residencies and public programmes at Rupert in Vilnius. Previously I was artistic director of Autarkia in Vilnius from 2020 to 2023, and the director of Tenderpixel in London from 2012 to 2014.

I studied fine art at Goldsmiths College in London (MFA), Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and Columbia College (BFA) following earlier education in architecture and design.

↘︎ Curriculum vitae, updated 12.23, pdf

↘︎ jlmurtaugh (at) gmail.com