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Ladi'Sasha Jones (she, her) is a writer, designer and curator from Harlem, New York, by way of South Carolina. Her research-based practice explores Black spatial histories through text, sculpture, toy-making, and public engagement.

She has written about art and culture for Aperture, Avery Review, Arts.Black, e-flux Criticism, Gagosian Quarterly, Houston Center for Photography, and The Art Momentum. Her project, Black Interior Space / Spatial Thought was commissioned by THE SHED (NYC) as a part of Open Call 2021 and was the recipient of a 2021 Research and Development award from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. As an arts administrator, Jones held appointments at The Laundromat Project, Norton Museum of Art, New Museum’s IdeasCity platform, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Architecture at Princeton University, and holds a M.A. in Arts Politics from New York University and B.A. in African American Studies from Temple University.

jones [dot] ladisasha [at] gmail [dot] com


Selected Press

Mapping Malcolm Reviewed by Charles L. Davis II | Places Journal | December 2024
Charting a Better World Through Malcolm X’s New York | by Shameekia Shantel Johnson, Hyperallergic | September 17, 2024
Young Architects 2023: Ladi’Sasha Jones is Studying the Politics of Playtime by Emma Leigh Macdonald, Cultured Magazine | February 21 2023
The Ethic of Love by Sola Olulode by Ngkopoleng Moloi, The Art Momemtum | December 6, 2022