Dr. Leigh Arnold is associate curator of the Nasher Sculpture Center, where she curates temporary exhibitions and presentations of the permanent collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2016, where she wrote on Robert Smithson’s unfinished projects in Texas. Arnold’s exhibition Groundswell: Women of Land Art, focusing on underrepresented women artists active in the historical Land Art movement, opened in the fall of 2023.

Arnold’s curated shows include presentations of Lynda Benglis’  work in 2022, Matthew Ronay: The Crack, the Swell, an Earth (2022), Elmgreen & Dragset: Sculptures (2019), and The Four Fs: Family, Finance, Faith, and Friends (2019) by the French sound artist, Anne Le Troter. From 2020-22, Arnold collaborated with Nasher colleagues to curate numerous solo presentations of works by North Texas-based artists as part of the Nasher Windows (2020) and Nasher Public series (2021-ongoing), including installations by Tamara Johnson, Leslie Martinez, Longhui Zhang, Ciara Elle Bryant, Karla Garcia, Vicki Meek, Shelby David Meier, Jer’Lisa Devezin, Christian Cruz, Liss LaFleur, Celia Eberle, and Linnea Glatt.