| amani olu (b. 1980) is an independent curator, writer, designer, and the co-founder and executive director of Humble Arts Foundation, a New York based 501c3 committed to supporting and promoting new art photography. He produced, designed, and co-curated The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2, published by Humble. In addition to his work as a non-profit director, he also organizes the annual Young Curators, New Ideas exhibition. Recently, olu organized Tuesday, the first guest-curated exhibition at Mixed Greens, which examined less obvious manifestation of the Everyday in contemporary art. His projects have been reviewed and featured in prestigious publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artnews, Time Out NY, Code, and AM New York, and online at Art in America, Art Observed, Art Fag City, Blackbook, Bomblog, Cool Hunting, Daily Serving, and Flavorwire. olu is also a regular contributor to Whitewall magazine where he has interviewed William Eggleston and Gottfried Helnwein, and profiled K8 Hardy, Elad Lassry, Rashaad Newsome, and David Benjamin Sherry. He lives and works in New York and is a proud member of New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA). download full cv |
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