Speakers

- Tumelo Mosaka
- Curator; Mellon Arts Project Director for the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
- Columbia University
Tumelo Mosaka is a Johannesburg-born and New York-based independent curator. He has worked within and outside museums exploring global transnational artistic practices, especially from Africa, the Caribbean, and North America. He has curated numerous exhibitions including Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Sculpture from Africa (2022), Opa-loka, FL, YAKHAL INKOMO, (2022) Javett Art Center, South Africa, Usha Seejarim, A Solo Exhibition (2020) at Kunstinstituut Melly (Formerly known as Witte de With) in Rotterdam among many. Previous positions include Chief Curator for Investec Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa, curator at the Krannert Art Museum (KAM) in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois and Associate Curator at the Brooklyn Museum, NY. Mosaka is currently the Mellon Arts Project Director for the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at and is the resident curator for Ten North Group in Miami.