David Evans Frantz

David Evans Frantz is an independent curator based in Los Angeles. He was Associate Curator at the Palm Springs Art Museum from 2018 to 2019 and curator at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries from 2011 to 2018. His curatorial projects examine alternative art movements, queer politics and culture, historical erasure, and archival practices in contemporary art. In 2017 he co-curated with C. Ondine Chavoya the exhibition Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., a collaboration between ONE Archives and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles for Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. The catalogue for Axis Mundo has been the recipient of nine awards, including an Award for Excellence from the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC).

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