Talk

MFA Fine Arts presents a talk by faculty member Jasmine Wahi, a co-director and co-owner of Gateway Project Spaces and founder and director of Project for Empty Space. In addition to these organizations, she also curates exhibitions globally that predominantly deal with issues of cultural identity, intersectionality and female empowerment.

Wahi began her art world endeavors in the South Asian art department at Christie's Auction House, which was followed by positions in several Contemporary Asian art galleries around New York City. In 2008, she opened up her own consultancy, which produced exhibitions and cultivated emerging artists from around the globe.

Since she first started, Wahi has expanded her curatorial ventures to include a multitude of nonprofit endeavors and socially engaging exhibitions. In 2010, she co-founded Project For Empty Space, an organization that creates socially engaging, multidisciplinary art exhibitions and programming that encourage social dialogue, education and systemic change for cultural tolerance. In 2013, Wahi and PES began a long-term partnership with Rebecca Jampol of Solo(s) Project House, to create a series of pop-up exhibitions under the moniker "Gateway Project Spaces," which then became Gateway Projects.