Curators Zasha Colah (Curator, 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, 2025), Tarini Malik, (Curator, Contemporary Art, Royal Academy of the Arts, London & Shane Akeroyd Associate Curator of the British Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale 2024), Yina Jiménez Suriel (Adjunct Curator, 14th Mercosul Biennial 2025) and Prabhakar Kamble (Independent Curator, Artist, Cultural Activist, Convener of Secular Art Movement, India) speak with Joyoti Roy (Assistant Director, Projects and Public Relations & Lead curator, Ancient World Project, CSMVS Museum, Mumbai, India) about how this professional journey is laden with responsibility as these curatorial voices represent marginalised narratives from the lens of caste, race, region and other social identifiers.
*Yina Jiménez Suriel’s participation is generously supported by the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in the Republic of India
*Tarini Malik’s participation is generously supported by the British Council India
Generously supported by JSW, the IAF 2025 Talks Series, Growing Focus, curated by independent researcher and curator Shaleen Wadhwana, examines the increasing prominence of South Asia within contemporary art, design and culture. The series highlights the efforts of People of the Global Majority — comprising more than 80 per cent of the world’s population, with roots in Indigenous, African, Asian and Latin American cultures — who are asserting their presence across arts and cultural ecosystems. Amid the ongoing decentering of dominant ‘Global North’ narratives, it frames this moment not merely as a response to decolonisation but as landmark, historic self-determination. We explore this impact for audiences today and every day.
Zasha Colah: Zasha Colah is the artistic director of Ar/Ge Kunst with Francesca Verga (Bolzano) and Lecturer in Curatorial Studies NABA (Milan). She was a founding member of Clark House Initiative (Mumbai). She is curator of the 13th Berlin Biennale to open in June this year.
Tarini Malik: Tarini Malik is currently Curator of Contemporary Art at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. In 2024, she curated the British Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale working with artist John Akomfrah. Previously, she was curator at the Whitechapel Gallery and the Hayward Gallery.
Yina Jiménez Suriel: Curator and researcher, Yina Jiménez Suriel holds an MA in Art History and Visual Culture with a focus on Visual Studies from the Universitat de València. She is an associate editor of the contemporary art magazine Contemporary And (C&) América Latina y el Caribe. In 2020, she co-curated with Puerto Rican artist Pablo Guardiola the exhibition one month after being known in that island. Her texts appear in several exhibitions catalogs and specialized media such as Terremoto, Revista de Arte de la UNAM, Arquitexto, Foam Magazine, and Contemporary And.
Prabhakar Kamble: Prabhakar Kamble, a Mumbai-based artist, curator, and cultural activist, combines personal practice with curatorial projects. His work reflects social realities and histories through an Ambedkarite and Dalit perspective. His performances offer social commentary through symbolic materials and strategic use of color.
Joyoti Roy: Joyoti Roy is the Assistant Director of Projects and Public Relations and Lead curator, Ancient World Project at CSMVS Museum, Mumbai, India.
