She was assistant curator for Yuki Kihara Aotearoa New Zealand at the 59th Venice Biennale and co-curator of Naadohbil: To Draw Water, an internationally touring Indigenous exhibition.
She co-founded the publication Marinade: Aotearoa Journal of Moana Art to feature New Zealand artists with Pacific Island heritage.
[7] In 2017, Gordon-Smith worked on the inaugural Honolulu Biennial; the New Zealand artists were Yuki Kihara, Greg Semu, Lisa Reihana, John Vea, Fiona Pardington and Brett Graham.
[8] At Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery in 2019 Gordon-Smith curated the exhibition names held in our mouths enabling collaborations between Kaetaeta Watson, Louisa Humphry, Sosefina Andy, The Veiqia Project and others.
'[10] Gordon-Smith was one of the curators of Naadohbii: To Draw Water, an internationally touring Indigenous tri-national exhibition with artwork from Turtle Island, Australia, and Aotearoa (New Zealand).