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Jenifer Papararo (born 1966 in Chelmsford, UK) is a curator and writer of contemporary art and founding member of curatorial/design/service collective Instant Coffee. She currently holds the position of Executive Director at the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1][2][3] She was previously a curator at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver and the director of Mercer Union, Toronto. She is credited with staging the first solo exhibitions of international artists Mark Leckey[4] and Jeremy Blake in Canada.[citation needed] Her writing has appeared in Canadian Art,[5] Mix Magazine, C[6] and Lola[7] as well as numerous exhibition essays and catalogue contributions. She was "selected from a national sweep of experts in the fields of contemporary art" to act as one of the "Nominators" for the 2017 Scotiabank Photography Award.[8]