SALMA TUQAN

SALMA TUQAN IS A CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN CURATOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DELFINA FOUNDATION.

SHE GRADUATED FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY WITH A BA, MA IN HISTORY OF ART AND HAS AN MA IN ARTS POLICY AND CULTURAL MANAGEMENT FROM BIRKBECK UNIVERSITY. PRIOR TO DELFINA FOUNDATION SHE WORKED AS THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST CURATOR AT THE V&A FOR EIGHT YEARS, WHERE SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MIDDLE EASTERN ART AND DESIGN PROGRAMMING AT THE MUSEUM. SHE WORKED AT ART DUBAI FROM ITS INAUGURATION IN 2007 TO 2011 AS HEAD OF ARTISTS’ PROJECTS, AS WELL AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF CONTEMPARABIA, A SERIES OF CULTURAL ITINERARIES FOR MUSEUM GROUPS.     

SHE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OTHER PROJECTS AS AN INDEPENDENT CURATOR AND FACILITATOR, INCLUDING PALESTINE C/O VENICE AT THE 53RD VENICE BIENNALE (2009) AND THE WIND TUNNEL PROJECT IN FARNBOROUGH (2014). SHE WORKS CLOSELY WITH CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS ON STRATEGY AND IS A COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE ARAB IMAGE FOUNDATION (BEIRUT), THE PALESTINIAN MUSEUM (BIRZEIT), THE KHATT FOUNDATION (AMSTERDAM), AND STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO NUMU (GUATEMALA CITY).