theo tyson [who uses she/they pronouns] is a curator who invites conversations about the sociocultural implications of race, gender, identity, and sexuality through a lens of fashion, art, and culture. Her practice focuses on creating sartorial spaces of reclamation and authority to share the powerful stories of Black women and those on the LGBTQI+ spectrum. theo privileges noncanonical ways of seeing, offering audiences poignant new perspectives from which to view the rich diversity of our humanity. Using the language of fashion, she unravels threads that put forward opportunities for deeper connections to the import and impact of clothing and dress.

Their previous posts include Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film, and the Boston Athenæum. Most recently, tyson co-curated an original exhibition Being Muholi: Portraits as Resistance at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and served as advising scholar for Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love at the Peabody Essex Museum. Currently, she is the Penny Vinik Curator of Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Not coincidentally, tyson resides in an historic ‘shoe city’ of Massachusetts with their cat, Charlemagne Cousteau.

“only when you know who you are will you be able to find the courage to do what drives you with integrity and grace.” - bethann hardison