Avalon Mott (b. 1990) is a curator, photographer, and arts administrator originally from Vancouver, now calling Tkaronto/Toronto home. She holds a BFA in photography from Emily Carr University, and an MFA in Criticism + Curatorial Practice from OCAD University as the recipient of the Presidential Scholarship and Ontario Graduate Scholarship. Mott was a founding member and co-director of FIELD Contemporary (Vancouver), and has curated for numerous galleries and festivals in British Columbia and Ontario. Alongside her current position as Director at Xpace Cultural Centre (Toronto), she is a contributing member of the plumb (Toronto). Her curatorial practice engages the curatorial methodology of exhibitionary affect and how, when applied, can heighten moments of feeling in the gallery space through individual relational experiences of the works on display.