About

Regine Basha is a curator and writer currently based in Brooklyn who has worked nationally and internationally for the past 17 years, beginning in Montreal as the Director of the Saidye Bronfman Centre Gallery then continuing in New York independently since 1997. She is a graduate from the inaugural class of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and has since curated independent projects internationally showcasing some of the most engaging emerging artists working in New York such as Daniel Bozhkov, Dario Robleto, Beth Campell, Neurotransmitter (Valerie Tevere + Angel Nevarez), Harrell Fletcher, Steve Roden and Stephen Vitiello. From 2002 to 2007 she was based in Austin, Texas as Adjunct Curator of Arthouse, at the Jones Center and co-founder of the contemporary art initiative, Fluent~Collaborative where she curated numerous shows and produced special commissions in a variety of formats- including exhibition, radio, live presentation, temporal interventions, virtual and print media. Basha has presented projects in Istanbul, Cairo, Berlin, Marfa, Santiago, Mexico City and cities across the US.

Her exhibitions have received grant awards from The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation and The National Endownment for the Arts as well as critical press in The New York Times, Artforum, Modern Painters, Art Papers, Wire, Bidoun and Art Lies. She currently sits on the board of Art Matters (New York), Aurora Picture Show (Houston) and is a Curatorial Host to Cabinet Magazine’s new event space.

Basha has also developed other projects for the industry, such as Grackleworld.com (with Christopher Ho), which enables an independent space for information sharing about contemporary exhibitions available for tour. Her most recent project for the web is the audio/visual archive: Tuningbaghdad.net.

Institutions and Organizations she has worked with include:

Ballroom Marfa
Columbia University
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Dallas Contemporary Art Center
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
E-flux
United Nations Plaza
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
Platform Garanti, Istanbul
Sala Diaz, San Antonio
SculptureCenter, New York,
Apex Art
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Architecture Department of The University of Texas, Austin
Musee de Quebec
Atlanta Center for Contemporary Art
Cinematexas
The Aldrich Museum
The Canadian Consulate General, New York
Artist Pension Trust (APT),
Art Matters, Art In General
CW Corporation
The Altoids Collection
UBS at Miami Basel
Creative Capital
ARCO Madrid
Art Omi
Insite 97
Sean Kelly Gallery/Cipher Editions
American Center Foundation
The Guggenheim Foundation
McArthur Awards, and Alpert awards.

Contact reginebasha@gmail.com

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