Gladys Lou is a curator, writer, and artist currently pursuing an M.A. in Curatorial Studies at the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), Bard College. She holds a B.A. in Art & Art History and Psychology from the University of Toronto and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship with a placement at the University of Washington, where she studied Digital Arts and Experimental Media in 2022. Her research explores experimental media and new technologies, including film, video, and new media art, to investigate and challenge the boundaries of sensory perception. She is interested in the diverse shapes and forms that queer love and intimacy can take on screen and in the digital world. 

Lou was selected as an IA Current Curator by InterAccess in 2023 and has held curatorial and research positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), Vtape, the Blackwood Gallery, and Ontario Culture Days. Her independent curatorial projects include "Curator Diary": The Curatorial Work of Shigeko Kubota (2026) at the Hessel Museum of Art, Esa otra mitad del cielo: Feminist Strategies in Post-1968 Mexican Art (2025) with the archives and collections of the Institute for Studies of Latin American Art (ISLAA), To see the world in a grain of sand (2025) at Factory Media Centre, Thing Valley (2024) at CCS Bard, and All watched over by machines of loving grace (2023) at InterAccess. Upcoming exhibitions in 2026 include Depixelating History at The New Gallery.

Lou's critical writing and journalism have appeared in ArtReview, ArtAsiaPacific, C Magazine, MUBI Notebook, Public Parking, Studio Magazine, PhotoED Magazine, Femme Art Review, Impulse Magazine, The AMP, Ornamentum, Pleasure Dome, and Hamilton Artist Inc. 

​Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante, and the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. She received first prize at Video Fever 2023, presented by Trinity Square Video, Vtape, and Images Festival.