ASHARA KUNDAYO
Ashara Ekundayo is a queer, Black feminist interdisciplinary independent curator, visual maker, cultural theologian, arts organizer, and consultant whose creative practice is rooted in joy-informed pedagogies and the study of and creation of Black spaces and archives, site-responsive ceremony, and artist-based strategies such as photography, screen-printing, zine-design, installation, and altar-making that illuminate the specific expertise of Black womxn of the African Diaspora.
She is the founder of the philanthropic organization Artist As First Responder, which serves as a platform to support creatives working at the intersection of design, technology and activism to heal communities and save lives. She is currently the principal at AECreative Consulting Partners, LLC where she places artists and cultural production as essential in equitable design practices, real estate development, and movement building. She is also a co-founder of Black [Space] Residency and director of The Black Curators Lab—studio-based artist residencies celebrating the dynamic imagination of Black creatives.
