Mayer curated and organized Cosmic Shelter: Hélio Oiticica and Neville D’Almeida’s Private Cosmococas at the Hunter College Art Galleries (2023–24), which featured the U.S. premiere of two unique installations by the namesake Brazilian artists. Recent projects include It would hurt us – were we awake – at NARS Foundation (2025), Christina Barrera: Para Todos Todo, Free in the Open Air at MAMA Projects (2024) and the symposium A Sense of Place (2021), co-organized with The Artist’s Institute and curator Koyo Kouoh. Mayer also contributed to the curation and exhibition catalogue for Robert Rauschenberg: Night Shades and Phantoms (2019) at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
Mayer’s scholarly article, “The Queer Politics of Hélio Oiticica’s Babylonian Cinema,” was published in Art Style: Art & Culture International Magazine (2025), and they contribute to Hyperallergic. They have held fellowships with the Renate, Hans, and Maria Hofmann Trust (2019–20) and were a Curatorial Fellow at the NARS Foundation (Season III, 2025). Mayer holds a BA in Art History and Journalism from New York University and an MA in Art History with an Advanced Certificate in Curatorial Studies from Hunter College, CUNY. They are currently pursuing doctoral studies in Art History and Cultural Practices at the University of Manchester.
