Global Art Daily E-Issues Info — Editorial Board

2023-2024 EDITORIAL BOARD

Founder,
Editor-in-Chief

Sophie Mayuko Arni

^{Founder, Editor-in-Chief (2020-present)}
_{Based in: Dubai-Tokyo-Riyadh}

Sophie Mayuko Arni is a Swiss-Japanese curator, editor, and exhibition manager based in the Arabian Gulf. With the aim to cross-pollinate ideas between cities, artists, and curators, she founded Global Art Daily, a platform to share and amplify artists’ and curators’ voices from the Gulf to the world. Since 2015, she has authored more than 100 texts on artists and exhibitions contributing to the UAE’s burgeoning art scene, and published print and web editions of GAD Magazine and Global Art Daily E-Issues with a homegrown team of editors and contributors.

While studying at NYU Abu Dhabi, she started the “East-East: UAE meets Japan” exhibition series. Now in its fifth volume, the exhibition series brought together the works of Farah Al Qasimi, Alaa Edris, Hashel Al Lamki, Lamya Gargash, waiwai research and design agency, Khalid Mezaina, Shaikha Al Ketbi, Christopher Joshua Benton, Rintaro Fuse, amongst others in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Tokyo, and Atami, including the NYU Abu Dhabi Project Space (2016), CHI-KA Space Alserkal Avenue (2017-18), HB.Nezu (2021), and Atami Art Grant (2022).

Most recently, she curated Lamya Gargash’s fifth solo show “Isthmus” at The Third Line Gallery (May 2023, Dubai), “Gravitation” by Jukan Tateisi, Shōei Matsuda, and Takeshi Yasura at SRR Project Space (June 2023, Tokyo), and “The Big Flat Now” by Shōei Matsuda at Dubai Festival City Mall (September 2023, Dubai). Since 2023, she has been involved in large-scale public art exhibitions and permanent installations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Championing Arab and Asian contemporary artists, Sophie has written for Arab News Japan, SOLE Magazine, and The Fiker Institute, and participated in talk panels about the Middle East and Asia’s rising art scenes. In 2022, her efforts to bridge the UAE and Japan’s artistic activities was recognized by the UAE Embassy in Japan as part of the 50th Anniversary of UAE-Japan Diplomatic Relations.

Prior to her curatorial roles, Sophie gained experience in various arts organization in London, New York and Tokyo, including Sotheby’s, Christie’s, the American Friends of the Musée d’Orsay, and Startbahn. She graduated with a B.A. in Art & Art History from New York University Abu Dhabi and an MPhil in Arts Studies and Curatorial Practices from the Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Senior Editor

Insun Woo

^{Senior Editor (2021-present)}
_{Based in: Abu Dhabi-Seoul}

Insun Woo is a writer and researcher by nature and Art History major by degree from NYU Abu Dhabi. Her life experience of growing up in cities across the world—from London, Sofia, Seoul, Moscow, and Osaka to Abu Dhabi, New York, and Istanbul—as an East Asian woman informs her present-day interest in art that explores and works with urban culture and history, memory studies, feminist thought, and the history of modern Korea.

As an editor at Global Art Daily, Insun is interested in fostering dialogue between the art scenes of South Korea and the UAE. Currently based in Seoul, she is producing GAD E-Issue 08 on Seoul’s art scene.

Her previous experience spans managing an 8-week-long professional enrichment program for arts students at NYUAD Career Development Center; creating an archive of care that records the lives of "comfort women" survivors as part of the Guggenheim Museum’s Summer College Workshop; publishing a webzine on Istanbul's contemporary art scene for Global Art Daily; and contributing to Canvas Magazine, Fiker Institute, and Guggenheim Blog.

Contributing Editor

Susanne Niemann

^{Contributing Editor (2021-present)}
_{Based in: Abu Dhabi}

Susanne Niemann is a research fellow at NYU Abu Dhabi with an interest in urban and environmental narratives in the Gulf in contemporary art and culture. Susanne worked as a gallery assistant with an Italian gallery, and as a cultural programmer and researcher with educational and ethnographic projects in the UAE and Germany. She studied Media and Anthropology at NYU Abu Dhabi.

2022-2023 EDITORIAL BOARD

Senior Editor

NiccolòAcram Cappelletto

^{Senior Editor (2021-23)}
_{Based in: Abu Dhabi-Venice}

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

Amy Qian

^{Editor (2022-23)}
_{Based in: Abu Dhabi-Shanghai}

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. She studied East Asian Art and Chinese Film at New York University, and is currently a Curatorial Assistant at NYUAD Art Gallery.

2021-2022 EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor

Sherry Wu

_{Editor (2021-22)
Based in: Abu Dhabi-Beijing}

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.

2020-2021 EDITORIAL BOARD

Managing Editor

Daniel H. Rey

^{Managing Editor (2020-21)}
_{Based in: Abu Dhabi-Dubai}

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-at-Large,
Marketing Director

Ev Zverev

^{Editor-at-Large, Marketing Director (2018-2021)}
_{Based in: New York City}

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.

Senior Opinion Editor
Copy Editor

Ashraf Mohiy

^{Senior Opinion Editor, Copy Editor (2020-2021)}
_{Based in: New York City-London}

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.

Design Collaborator

Amina Yahia

^{Design Collaborator (2020-2021)}
_{Based in: Abu Dhabi-Cairo}

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.

E-Issue 08 –– SELSummer/Fall 2024

E-08++ Summer/Fall 2024

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E-Issue 01 –– AUH/DXB Summer 2020

E-01++ Fall/Winter 2020-21

🎙️GAD Talk Series –– Season 1 2020

E-Issue 02 –– NYC Spring 2021

E-02++ Spring/Summer 2021

E-Issue 03 ––TYO Fall 2021

E-03++ Fall/Winter 2021-22

E-Issue 04 –– IST Spring 2022

E-04++ Spring/Summer 2022

E-Issue 05 –– VCE Fall 2022

E-05++ Fall/Winter 2022-23

E-Issue 06 –– DXB/SHJSpring 2023

E-Issue 07 –– AUHWinter 2023-24

E-07++ Winter/Spring 2024

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Global Art Daily E-Issues Info — Editorial Board

Founder,Editor-in-Chief

Sophie Mayuko Arni

Senior Editor

Insun Woo

Contributing Editor

Susanne Niemann

Senior Editor

NiccolòAcram Cappelletto

Editor

Amy Qian

Editor

Sherry Wu

Managing Editor

Daniel H. Rey

Editor-at-Large, Marketing Director

Ev Zverev

Senior Opinion EditorCopy Editor

Ashraf Mohiy

Design Collaborator

Amina Yahia

E-Issue 08 –– SEL
Summer/Fall 2024

E-08++
Summer/Fall 2024

E-Issue 01 –– AUH/DXB
Summer 2020

E-01++
Fall/Winter 2020-21

E-Issue 02 –– NYC
Spring 2021

E-02++
Spring/Summer 2021

E-Issue 03 ––TYO
Fall 2021

E-03++
Fall/Winter 2021-22

E-Issue 04 –– IST
Spring 2022

E-04++
Spring/Summer 2022

E-Issue 05 –– VCE
Fall 2022

E-05++
Fall/Winter 2022-23

E-Issue 06 –– DXB/SHJ
Spring 2023

E-Issue 07 –– AUH
Winter 2023-24

E-07++
Winter/Spring 2024

Founder,
Editor-in-Chief

Editor-at-Large,
Marketing Director

Senior Opinion Editor
Copy Editor