Mitra Khorasheh is a Canadian curator, writer and educator based in New York. During her two decades of experience in the creative industry, she has worked as a curator, producer and creative director on a variety of projects. As an independent curator, she has curated exhibitions and performances at galleries, institutions, art fairs, not-for profits, as well as large-scale public art exhibitions in the United States and internationally. Her curatorial work has mainly focused on site-specific and performative practices, with an emphasis on the body in performance, painting and other time based media. Her most recently noted curatorial endeavor was a site-specific installation and performance by legendary performance artist ULAY, marking ULAY’s first New York performance in 30 years. In 2014, Khorasheh established an artist run exhibition space, artist residency and nomadic curatorial project, which later became known as the contemporary art gallery, signs and symbols.
Currently, Khorasheh is the owner and director of signs and symbols, a contemporary art gallery in New York focused on performance art and time based media. She is also an adjunct faculty at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York.
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