Archive 2018

Artist Interview September 1st, 2018

Artist Interview August 28th, 2018

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Slavs and Tatars: “Pulling a Thread to Undo The Sweater”

Editorial March 1st, 2018

E-Issues Info — Editorial Board

Third Editorial Board, 2022

Sophie Arni, Editor-in-Chief
Insun Woo, Senior Editor
NiccolòAcram Cappelletto, Senior Editor
Amy Qian, Editor

Second Editorial Board, 2021

Sophie Arni, Editor-in-Chief
Daniel H. Rey, Editor-at-Large
Ashraf Mohiy, Senior Editor
Sherry Wu, Editor
Insun Woo, Editor
NiccolòAcram Cappelletto, Editor

First Editorial Board, 2020

Sophie Arni, Editor-in-Chief
Daniel H. Rey, Managing Editor
Ashraf Mohiy, Editor
Ev Zverev, Editor

Design Team, 2020

Amina Yahia, Design Collaborator

^{Founder, Editor-in-Chief (2017-)}

Sophie Arni

_{Based in: Tokyo, Japan}

Sophie Arni is a Swiss-Japanese editor, curator, and founder of Global Art Daily. She is the curator of the East-East: UAE meets Japan exhibition series (2016 - present), which she has brought to independent art spaces in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Tokyo, including the NYUAD Project Space, CHI-KA Space, HB Nezu, and Block House. As an independent curator, her interests center on fostering artistic dialogues between the Arabian Gulf and Japan. Her previous experience in the arts include interning for Sotheby’s in London and Christie’s in New York, assisting gallery booths at Abu Dhabi Art and the Armory Show, and interning for the American Friends of the Musée d’Orsay. Sophie graduated with a B.A. in Art & Art History from NYU Abu Dhabi and obtained an MPhil in Arts Studies and Curatorial Practices from Tokyo University of the Arts.

^{Editor (2021-22), Senior Editor (2022-23)}

Insun Woo

_{Based in: Istanbul, Turkey / Abu Dhabi, UAE / Seoul, South Korea}Born in South Korea, Insun Woo grew up in England, Bulgaria, Korea, Russia, and Japan. She is currently based in Abu Dhabi and New York City. After spending her freshman year exploring various fields—from political science to philosophy to computer science—she is pursuing a B.A in Art & Art History at NYU Abu Dhabi. Currently, her interests lie in creating spaces for those who have been silenced throughout history and fostering learning & dialogues through the arts.

^{Editor (2021-22), Senior Editor (2022-23)}

NiccolòAcram Cappelletto

_{Based in: Abu Dhabi, UAE / Venice, Italy}

NiccolòAcram Cappelletto is a Postgraduate Research Fellow at NYU Abu Dhabi based in Treviso and Abu Dhabi. After completing his B.A. in Art History with specialisations in Political Science and Heritage Studies, he is conducting research on the connections between heritage and contemporary art in the context of postcolonial Italy. Recently, he collaborated on the Paris Bible Project with NYUAD and the Louvre Abu Dhabi on the study of bible manuscripts from the XIII century. Niccolò worked as a gallery and curatorial assistant with galleries in Venice, Paris, and Abu Dhabi. Interested in decolonial and demodernising practices, he believes in the need to translate into an accessible practice the heavy theoretical frameworks of the present.

^{Editor (2022-23)}

Amy Qian

Based in: Abu Dhabi, UAE / Shanghai, China

Amy Qian is from Wuxi, China. She is a third-year student studying Art & Art History at NYU Abu Dhabi. Amy has worked as a gallery assistant with galleries from Shanghai, Bergamo, Kampala, and Dubai. She has also curated the exhibition territories of bodies for NYU Abu Dhabi’s Arts Proxy Program in 2022. Interested to learn more about her own culture, she is now studying East Asian Art and Chinese Film in New York.

^{Editor (2020-21), Senior Editor (2021-22)}

Ashraf Mohiy

_{Based in: London, U.K. / New York City, U.S. / Cairo, Egypt}
Ashraf Mohiy is a Swiss-Egyptian doctoral candidate at Columbia University, whose work centers around the emergence of ‘smart cities’ and ‘e-government.’ He has spent the past few years working as an exhibition planner for a Paris-based cultural consulting firm on a number of different museum projects centered around the MENA region.

^{Managing Editor (2020-21), Editor-at-Large (2021-22)}

Daniel H. Rey

_{Based in: Abu Dhabi, UAE / Dubai, UAE}
Daniel H. Rey is a Paraguayan-Colombian curator based in the United Arab Emirates. He is interested in contemporary art, radio, and artistic exchanges in the Global South. Daniel has recently curated WAW - we are wondering at Dubai's maisan15 and commissioned within the Jameel Youth Takeover. Currently working at Jameel Arts Centre, he was previously part of the audience experience team behind the Engage 101 art collecting platform and working on the term #YouthCuratingYouth. Daniel was trained in the visual and performing arts in Norway, Germany, the USA, and the Emirates. He has joined initiatives presented with the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi project, Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi Art, Jameel Arts Centre, and Alserkal Avenue. Daniel is a pioneer of microtheater in Abu Dhabi and formerly hosted Jangueo, the city’s only radio show in Spanish via NYU Abu Dhabi's Howler Radio. He graduated from NYU Abu Dhabi with a double B.A. in Theater and Social Research/Public Policy.

^{Editor (2020-21)}

Ev Zverev

_{Based in: New York City, U.S.}

Ev Zverev is a Russian filmmaker and photographer based in New York City. He was trained in visual storytelling and graduated from NYU Abu Dhabi with a B.A. in Film and New Media. He also happens to be fluent in Russian, English, and Arabic. His short films include Toothbrush (2016), Monster (2015), and Aphasia (2015) which was shortlisted at the Abu Dhabi Science Imagine Festival (2016). Fun fact: ‘Ev’ in Japanese means artist-samurai and it is pronounced like EV-erything.

^{Editor (2021-22)}

Sherry Wu

_{Based in: Beijing, China / Abu Dhabi, UAE}Sherry Wu (Yongyi) is an artist and curator based in Beijing and Abu Dhabi. A recent graduate of NYU Abu Dhabi, she studied Art & Art History with a concentration in East Asian Art History, more specifically in the history of aestheticizing Japanese tea ceremonies. Wu's practice is transdisciplinary, and includes art historical research, curating, graphic design, as well as film and new media. Wu designed the official hoodie for NYU Abu Dhabi Class of 2021 and she was the Director of Photography for the feature film The Good Woman of Sichuan (2020) directed by Sabrina Zhao. As a curator, she curated the section "Re: jection-flection-born" of the virtual exhibition Hyphenated Spaces: “The Cup and The Saucer” Reinterpreted hosted by Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi. She is interested in all forms of art and has an insatiable desire for originality and auteurism.

^{Design Collaborator (2020-21)}

Amina Yahia

_{Based in: Abu Dhabi, UAE}

Amina Yahia is an Egyptian visual artist and designer based in Abu Dhabi. Born and raised in Cairo, her artworks explore womanhood at large and recently focus on how Egyptian women are portrayed. A painter and illustrator by practice, Amina’s interests are now turning to filmmaking and art history. She has lately supported interior and graphic design projects across the MENA region and is currently a fourth-year student at NYU Abu Dhabi.

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