Margaret Tedesco

Margaret Tedesco (April 25, 1952 – October 18, 2025) was an American independent curator and visual artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tedesco was one of the curators of the New Langton Arts in San Francisco, California; and founded [the 2nd floor projects] in 2007, an exhibition space and small press publisher. She had also worked as a graphic designer, modern dancer and choreographer.

Life and career Tedesco was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. In her early career in the 1980s she was as a modern dancer, and choreographer in Santa Barbara, California, and often worked with Laurie Burnaby. During this period she took dance workshops at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions).

Tedesco moved to San Francisco in 1988, where she continued modern dance and she developed a new visual arts practice, and by the late 1990s her career focus turned to curatorial work. Tedesco's artwork has been exhibited internationally and nationally. For many years she was a graphic designer at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). Around 1999, Tedesco co-founded Moving Target Series, a performance and exhibition pop-up in San Francisco. Additionally she assisted with the SFMOMA’s Open Space, and Visual AIDS exhibitions.

Exhibitions as curator Seven Places of the Mind (2018), fused space gallery, San Francisco, California; curated by Tedesco A Spirit of Disruption (2021), Walter and McBean Galleries and Diego Rivera Gallery at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California; curated by Tedesco and Leila Weefur