Services
Calling All Artists! Portfolio Review with ACAW Curator
- Item Number
- 310
- Estimated Value
- 400 USD
- Opening Bid
- 150 USD
Item Description
Consultation and portfolio review with famous curator and founder of Ahmady Arts and director of Asian Contemporary Art Week Leeza Ahmady.
Ahmady will coach artist in the development and selection of artworks for a special exhibition at The Studio School's Ginko Gallery. The exhibit will include promotion and a Gallery Opening event.
Open to up to 4 artists practicing one or more mediums.
Item Special Note
*Item buys consultation for ONE (1) artist.
About Leeza Ahmady:
Ahmady is an Afghan-born independent art curator, educator and noted specialist in art from Central Asia. As the director of Asian Contemporary Art Week (ACAW) at Asia Society, Ahmady brings together leading New York City museums and galleries to participate in special exhibitions, receptions, lectures, and performances citywide.
As part of her ongoing curatorial project, Ahmady has traveled widely in Central Asia, promoting the largely unknown artists of the region in various international art forums including: Venice Biennale; Istanbul Biennale and Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong. She curated past exhibitions: The Taste of Others at Apexart (2005); The Paradox of Polarity: Contemporary Art from Central Asia at Bose Pacia (2007); Parable of the Garden: New Media Art from Iran and Central Asia at The College of New Jersey Art Gallery (2008); I Dream of the Stans at Winkleman Gallery, which traveled to MARTE Museo de Arte de El Salvador (2008); Tarjama/Translation at the Queens Museum of Art (2009); and Truly Truthful at Art Asia Miami (2009).
Ahmady is also a founding member of a number of non-profit organizations in the United States and Central Asia. She serves on the advisory board for Center for Contemporary Art Afghanistan (CCAA).
Donated By:
Leeza Ahmady
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