She was formerly at Tate Modern and London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, as well as working as an independent curator in Europe and Japan. She has curated numerous solo and group exhibitions and commissioned new works of art within and outside the museum. Blazwick has also curated outdoor projects in Europe and the UK and is an advisor to the Fourth Plinth and Sculpture in the City projects in London.

Blazwick is series editor of Whitechapel Gallery/MIT Documents of Contemporary Art. She has written monographs and articles on many contemporary artists and published extensively on themes and movements in modern and contemporary art, exhibition histories and art institutions.