In his earlier curatorial practice he has been looking into artistic responses to economic structures and discourses in the context of Skills of Economy curatorial research. Koitela is interested in developing pervasive curatorial, institutional and discursive practices for merged artistic practice, research and politics. Lately he has been interested in posthuman critique on Western ontological, epistemological and economical structures and institutional forms.
His recent curatorial work include Entanglements, Embodiments, Positions at Treignac Projet, In the Dark I Don’t Have Four Limbs at Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary, Entangling Matter and Meaning / Intra-Structures – Monster of the Seven Lakes exhibition at Treignac Projet, Agency for De-development in Tromsø at Vårscenefest 2017 Festival, Mattering City at SixtyEight Art Institute, City Agents at Estonian Museum of Contemporary Art (EKKM), Skills of Economy Sessions at Finnish Theatre Academy, Baltic Circle Festival and Kiasma Theatre. During 2015/2016 Koitela was participant of De Appel Curatorial Programme.