Roya Amirsoleymani

I work with artists, organizations, collaborators, partners, and sometimes alone to produce projects and programs at every stage of development. From 2012-2023, I was a program director, curator, & artistic director with Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. I am now based on the unceded lands of the Twana people on the Olympic Peninsula in rural Washington.

My work has taken many forms internationally, nationally, and locally: exhibitions, performances, festivals, residencies, public programs, publications, public art, writing, research, symposia, audience development, community engagement, panels, parties, budgets, boards, grant writing & reporting, event , strategic planning, program assessment, cultural policy, trust-building, change-making.

I believe in supporting the ideas, labor, and livelihoods of artists & arts workers—especially those historically excluded from mainstream art worlds & economies.

I value communities as part of the art.

I think institutions are part of the problem.

I commit to anti-racism, access, equity, and to work toward a more just art world.