The Curatorial Roundtable, an international forum for curators and institutional leaders to discuss formative and current projects, is hosted by Steven Henry Madoff, Founding Chair of the MA Curatorial Practice at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Zeynep Öz is a curator and writer. She was the Co-founder and Director of the Spot Production Fund, Istanbul (2011–2017), during which time she curated the series “Produce” (I, II, III), commissioning more than 30 projects. Öz curated the off-site Sharjah Biennial 13 project Bahar in Istanbul (2017) as an SB13 interlocutor and has edited and published numerous publications within the scope of the Produce” series and Bahar. Other curatorial projects include Abou Farid’s War, TBA21 on st_age (2021); the BACA exhibition of Marwan Rechmaoui’s work, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, which traveled to Sharjah Art Foundation (both 2019); Pavilion of Turkey, 58th Venice Biennale (2019); Aichi Triennale 3 (2016); and Greatest Common Factor, SALT, Istanbul (2016). Öz taught at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (2015–2020), and she served on the curricular and selection committees of the Home Workspace Program, Ashkal Alwan.