Katie Lawson is a curator and writer based in Toronto. She has curated exhibitions for a wide range of Canadian institutions, including the Toronto Biennial of Art, regional galleries, municipalities, and artist-run centres. In 2023, Lawson was awarded the Hnatyshyn Foundation Fogo Island Arts Young Curator Residency. She has also participated in residencies at Est-Nord-Est, Atelier LUMA, No. 9 Gardens, and Joya Arte + Ecologia. 

Katie is currently a SSHRC funded PhD candidate in Art and Visual Culture at Western University, where she works with the Centre for Sustainable Curating. She has lectured at universities and art organizations in Canada, Mexico, Spain, and Sweden. She is a graduate of the Master of Visual Studies Curatorial program at the University of Toronto, where she previously completed her Master of Arts in Art History.

She contributes to a range of print and online publications. She has recently written for Esse, BlackFlash, Momus, and CBC Arts. She was the Editorial Lead for the Toronto Biennial's double catalogue Water, Kinship, Belief (2022) and previously served as the Art Editor for the Hart House Review (2016-2019).