Marie Jo Ourtilane has an MA in art history. She moved to Berlin in 1994 and ever since then has been slowly building her curatorial practice. She has simultaneously and continuously been experiment- ing with her own installation inquires. She has been working as an independent curator for the last 10 years. From 2005 to 2010 she ran the non-commercial project space Visite ma Tente and since 2011 she has been part of the artist and curatorial collective General Public. 

Marie Jo has participated in the Curatorial Marathon; They Shoot Horses, Don't They? in 2012, 2013 and 2014.