Jury - Industry's leading galleries, curators, publishers, editors and art directors

THE JURY

For eighteen years International Color Awards has been committed to bringing you world-class Juries selected from the most influential names in the industry. Annually a new jury pool is created to ensure the program's reputation for recognizing first-movers, new emerging talent and current trends across the industry. Jury members are selected by exclusive invitation to join the international panel and sent ballots to log on, review the entries and make their nomination selections. Only by having the greatest talent from both sides of the lens do we produce the intoxicating and diverse collections of color photography the program is renowned around the globe for showcasing.

18TH ANNUAL JURY

THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM - Los Angeles

James A. Ganz, Senior Curator of Photographs, Head of Department

James A. Ganz is the Senior Curator of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Previously he was Curator of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, and Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Ganz has a PhD in art history from Yale University. The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center features works of art dating from the eighth through the twenty-first century, showcased against a backdrop of dramatic architecture, tranquil gardens, and breathtaking views of Los Angeles. The collection includes European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European, Asian, and American photographs.

MARIAN GOODMAN GALLERY - New York

Junette Teng, Partner

Junette Teng is a seasoned art professional with extensive experience in leadership roles at Marian Goodman Gallery since May 2008, including Partner, Executive Director, Director, and Special Projects. Marian Goodman Gallery champions the work of artists who stand among the most influential of our time, representing over five generations of diverse thought and practice. What makes the gallery singular is its enduring and deep-rooted collaborations and understanding with the artists - a bond that is concurrent with curators, thought leaders, and art institutions worldwide. The Gallery's exhibition program, characterized by its caliber and rigor, provides international platforms for its artists to showcase their work, foster vital dialogues with new audiences, and advance their practices within non-profit and institutional realms. The Gallery is led by a team of partners, with Philipp Kaiser as President and Partner, Rose Lord and Emily-Jane Kirwan as Managing Partners, and Leslie Nolen and Junette Teng as Partners. Marian Goodman is Founder and CEO. The Gallery represents over forty artists and estates working in the U.S. and internationally: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Chantal Akerman, Giovanni Anselmo, Leonor Antunes, Nairy Baghramian, Lothar Baumgarten, Dara Birnbaum, Christian Boltanski, Daniel Boyd, Marcel Broodthaers, Maurizio Cattelan, James Coleman, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Tacita Dean, Rineke Dijkstra, Cerith Wyn Evans, Andrea Fraser, Bernard Frize, Dan Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Cristina Iglesias, Amar Kanwar, An-My Le, Steve McQueen, Julie Mehretu, Annette Messager, Delcy Morelos, Sabine Moritz, Maria Nordman, Gabriel Orozco, Giulio Paolini, Giuseppe Penone, Anri Sala, Matt Saunders, Tino Sehgal, Paul Sietsema, Robert Smithson, Ettore Spalletti, Tavares Strachan, Thomas Struth, Niele Toroni, Adrian Villar Rojas, Danh Vo, James Welling, and Yang Fudong.

BONHAMS CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR - Brussels

Caroline Gentsch, Specialist Contemporary Art

In June 2022, global auction house Bonhams acquired Cornette de Saint Cyr, becoming known as Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr. Founded in 1973 by major proponent of French contemporary art Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr and his two sons Bertrand and Arnaud, the bijou Paris auction house expanded to Brussels in 2012 and excels across categories, from Ancient Art and Old Masters, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Photography. Caroline Gentsch is a Specialist of Contemporary Art at the Brussels auction house and an independent expert for the European Commission and for the French Community of Belgium. Assessing the possibilities and benefits to consolidate their position in the field of contemporary art on a national, European and an international level, studying the practical possibilities for art professionals.

SPERONE WESTWATER - New York

Kevin Curran, Director

Sperone Westwater Fischer was founded in 1975, when Italian art dealer Gian Enzo Sperone, Angela Westwater, and German art dealer Konrad Fischer opened a space at 142 Greene Street in SoHo, New York. (The gallery's name was changed to Sperone Westwater in 1982.) An additional space was later established at 121 Greene Street. The founders' original program showcased a European avant-garde alongside a core group of American artists to whom its founders were committed. Notable early exhibitions include a 1977 show of minimalist works by Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and Sol Lewitt; seven of Bruce Nauman's seminal early shows; eleven Richard Long exhibitions; and the installation of one of Mario Merz's celebrated glass and neon igloos in 1979 -- part of the gallery's ongoing dedication to Arte Povera artists, including Alighiero Boetti. Other early historical exhibitions at the Greene Street space include a 1989 group show, "Early Conceptual Works," which featured the work of On Kawara, Bruce Nauman, Alighiero Boetti, and Joseph Kosuth, among others; a 1999 Fontana exhibition titled "Gold: Gothic Masters and Lucio Fontana"; and selected presentations of work by Piero Manzoni. In September 2010, Sperone Westwater inaugurated a new Foster + Partners designed building at 257 Bowery in New York. Today, 40 years after its conception, the gallery continues to exhibit an international roster of prominent artists working in a wide variety of media. Kevin Curran is Director of Sperone Westwater.

GRONINGER MUSEUM - Netherlands

Marlon Steensma, Head of Collections

The Groninger Museum is an art museum in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. The museum exhibits modern and contemporary art of local, national, and international artists. The museum opened in 1874. The current post-modernist building consists of three main pavilions designed individually by architects Philippe Starck, Alessandro Mendini, Coop Himmelb(l)au, and was completed in 1994. Since 2008, it has had 173,000 to 292,000 visitors per year, the highest amount of any museum in the province of Groningen.

MEDIAMONKS - Berlin

Fedja Kehl, Creative Director

Fedja Kehl leads a creative team for BMW at Media.Monks, developing concepts for Integrated campaigns for social media, corporate Identities, TV commercials and Implementing photolooks. Award Honors include: Cannes Lion Gold, Cannes Lion Silver, ADC Awards, Cresta Silver, LIAA Finalist, Epica Silver, Clio Silver, New York Festivals Silver, The One Show Merit and Eurobest Shortlists. Media.Monks is a digital-first marketing, advertising, and technology services company that connects content, data and digital media and technology services and produces websites, games, films, social media content, digital advertising campaigns, data and measurement solutions and more.

GALERIE ERNST HILGER - Vienna

Ernst Hilger, Owner/Director

Galerie Ernst Hilger (founded 1971) represents the works of artists such as Erro and Mel Ramos, along with exponents of Austrian modernism from the 1960s onward and the main exponents of the most important international art movements of the 20th century - from Pablo Picasso and Jean Dubuffet to Pop Art artists like Andy Warhol and Keith Haring through to Narrative Figuration (Jacques Monory). Ernst Hilger was the head of the FEAGA for several years and member of numerous art fair committees including Art Basel; he acted as the longest-serving president of the Austrian Gallery Association and was instrumental in establishing the present conception of the role of galleries as partners of museums, collectors and representatives of the state. The roster of represented artists reflects the long history of the gallery. Hilger NEXT assembles and provides artists from cutting-edge countries with a platform. The gallery's labor has been rewarded through the participation of its artists in important international exhibitions and biennales over the past years: Anastasia KHOROSHILVA in a group show at Palais de Tokyo (F) and her Collateral Event at the Venice Biennale 2011 (I), Cameron PLATTER in an exhibition on South Africa at the MOMA (USA), ASGAR/GABRIEL solo show in the Mannheimer Kunstverein (D) and the Kunsthalle Brandts (DK), or Sarah RAHBAR, an Iranian-born artist living in New York, Erik BINDER at the Biennale di Venezia 2001, Ivana FRANKE at the Biennale di Venezia 2007, Ivan MOUDOV at the Biennale di Venezia, Miha STRUKELJI at the Biennale di Venezia 2009, Anastasia KHOROSHILOVA at the Biennale Venice 2011, Angel MARCOS, Simon VEGA, and Cameron PLATTER at the Biennale di Venezia 2013. HILGER NEXT enjoys the discovery and growth of the represented artists. In order to extend and strengthen the cooperation with international exhibition venues and museums the HilgerBROTKunsthalle was inaugurated in 2009. This space with its 800m represents the gallery's laboratory for curatorial projects and influences and supports all involved partners. Three guest apartments for visiting and working artists and curators have been instrumental in bringing our exhibition projects to other institutional locations, while also attracting international collectors who have visited and acquired works - among others Harald FALCKENBERG, Jorge PEREZ, the Photography Collection of the Qatar Museum Authority, Darga JAIS (Bali), Sutomo SUPRAJITO (Indonesia), the Collection NADOUR. Cooperations have included the Museum of Modern Art El Salvador, the Margulies Collection, the Mestna Galleria Ljubjana, the Museum of Modern Art Bukarest (Lara BOUBNOVA), the City Gallery Sofia, the MMoMA Moscow. All these institutions have shown exhibitions created with and presented at HilgerBROTKunsthalle. In 2022 Galerie Ernst Hilger opened an additional pop up gallery space in the centre of Vienna showing mainly new and not yet established art.

THE ART CHANNEL - London

Joshua White, Founder

Joshua White is a presenter and producer on The Art Channel which films and reviews exhibitions of contemporary art. He teaches at Christie's Education in London where he runs The London Art Course, a modern and contemporary art programme. Elsewhere, he has lectured for The Tate Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, The Design Museum and Sotheby's Institute. Joshua is also a writer who has been published by the BBC, The FT, Christie's and Flash Art.

APARTHEID MUSEUM - Johannesburg

Christopher Till, Director

Christopher Till is the founding and current Director of the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg and has organised exhibitions on Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, Oliver Tambo, George Bizos and the Women's March among many others. He began his career at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in 1977, becoming Director in 1980 before serving as Director of the Johannesburg Art Gallery from 1983 to 1991. During his tenure he was responsible for several ground breaking exhibitions, including The Neglected Tradition: Towards a New History of South African Art, secured the Brenthurst Collection of African Art, and commissioned several major sculptures for the collection. As Director of Culture for the City of Johannesburg from 1991 to 2001, he established the city's first cultural office and directed the formation of arts and culture policy. He was responsible for establishing the Johannesburg Arts Alive International Festival in 1992, and the Johannesburg Biennales in 1995/1997 and the re-building of the Civic Theatre (now Joburg Theatre). He is a founding board member of the International Council of Museums Fine Art Committee (ICOM) and a member of the International Committee for Exhibitions and Exchange and Chairman of the Cape Town Triennial Organising Committee. He is currently the principal driver in the development of the Mandela Capture Site in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal with its new museum and renowned sculpture of Mr Mandela by Marco Cianfanelli. In 2018, Christopher received the USIBA (Creative and Cultural Industries) Award in in the Heritage & Museum category awarded by Minister Nathi Mthethwa: Department Arts & Culture South Africa.

MUSEO D'ARTE MODERNA DI BOLOGNA (MAMbo) - Bologna

Lorenzo Balbi, Director

MAMbo - Museum of Modern Art of Bologna is housed in a building built in 1915 and was used as a municipal bakery to deal with the supply difficulties of the citizens of Bologna during the First World War, the museum began in the early nineties with the recovery and consolidation of the building. The new exhibition space was inaugurated on 5 May 2007and the collections that belonged to the former Gallery of Modern Art in Bologna were transferred to the MAMbo. The exhibition itinerary is currently divided into nine thematic areas (Art and Ideology, 1977 Art and Action, 1968 New Perspectives, 1968 Arte Povera, Forma 1, L'Informale, Arcangeli: l'ultimo naturalismo, Focus on Contemporary Italian Art, new acquisitions ), which document some of the most innovative aspects of artistic practice from the second half of the twentieth century until today, seen through the experience of the former Gallery of Modern Art.

LEO BURNETT - Detroit

Steve Kerry, SVP Group Creative Director

Leading the creative content across all General Motors Brands.

BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART - Austin

Hannah Klemm, Curator, Modern & Contemporary Art

As the primary art collection for the city of Austin, the Blanton Museum of Art is a major resource for the community. With more than 21,000 works in the collection, the Blanton showcases art from across the ages, from ancient Greek pottery to abstract expressionism, european paintings, an encyclopedic collection of prints and drawings, and modern and contemporary American and Latin American art. With a year-round schedule of traveling exhibitions, art lovers are sure to discover new and old favorites at the Blanton.

KUNSTBROKER - Switzerland

Gabriel S. R. Mueller, Managing Director

Gabriel S.R. Muller is founder and owner of Kunstbroker online antiquarian and art dealer for rare photographs, books, graphics and posters. The focus is on: historical photographs, vintage prints, contemporary photography, artist books, modern & illustrated literature, catalogs raisonnes, signed original prints and artist posters. We regularly buy selected individual pieces, estates and even entire collections. Mr. Muller began his career in the world of art and antiques trading over 15 years ago at the internationally renowned auction house Koller Auktionen AG. As head of the photography department and specialist for books, manuscripts and autographs, he actively supervised more than 60 auctions. The trained art historian with a focus on photography has broad and technically sound knowledge thanks to his over 20 years of knowledge of the history, techniques and processes of the medium.

JOHN LIN - New York

John Lin, Creative Director

Client projects (fashion): Anne Klein, Ann Taylor, Armani Exchange, Aveda, BCBG Max Azria, CFDA/7th on Sixth: FashionWeek, Club Monaco, Dana Buchman, Dolce Gabbana, Esprit, Ellen Von Unwerth, Emanuel, Fila, ICB/Kors, John Bartlett, Jones New York, Kelly Klein, The Limited, Narciso Rodriguez, Todd Oldham, Tommy Hilfiger, Valentino, Versace, Yohji Yamamoto. Other clients: Arista Records, Bacardi, Blender Magazine (promotions), Evian, Fila, GenArt, Kinky-NYC, Nike, Rodale Publications, Sprint, Star-Trak, Stussy, Supreme; Annie Leibovitz Photography, Steven Meisel Photography. Magazines: Allure, Big, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Interview, Jane, Mademoiselle, Marie Claire, Maxim, Maxim goes to the Movies, Men's Health, Newsweek, PN (Moscow), Spin, Rolling Stone, Self, US Weekly, Vogue.

REDKITE NFT - London

Angie Davey, Art Consultant & Advisory

Angie Davey is an art industry professional with 20 years experience of working in contemporary art. Former creative director and artist liaison at pioneering London-based online gallery and print publishers Eyestorm, her background is working with artists to initiate and create high-end limited editions and promoting art in online settings. Key curatorial projects have been with Wallpaper Magazine, Sir Terence Conran and Selfridges.

KUNSTSAMMLUNGEN & MUSEEN AUGSBURG - Germany

Dr. Thomas Elsen, Director of H2 / Contemporary Art

In 1996, a year after joining the Kunstsammlungen und Museen, Augsburg, as a curator of art and photography, Thomas Elsen founded the Neue Galerie im Hohmannhaus, a new experimental art space. He also founded the H2 - Center for Contemporary Art in the Glasspalace in 2006. Recent exhibitions include Behind Landscape (with Jaakko Heikkila, Anastasia Khoroshilova, Trevor Paglen, among others, 2012); Portraits d'artistes: Edward Steichen - Jean Noel Schramm (2014); A Process - 'Der Greif' photography magazine (2014); Faces of Disappearance(with Sophie Calle, Larry Sultan, Olaf Unverzart, among others, 2015/16); Not Here Yet, together with Celina Lunsford (with Alberto Garcia Alix, Maurizio Cattelan, Hamish Fulton, Ferit Kuyas, among others, 2016/17). In addition, he curated exhibitions within the European Month of Photography (EMOP), Berlin (2012); Dusseldorf Photo Weekend (2013); Tashkent Photo-Biennale (2014). He has been a member of the Deutsche Fotografische Akademie DFA, German Photographic Academy since 2012.

DUDA PROPAGANDA - Warsaw

Tiago Pinto, Creative Director

Tiago Pinto is an advertising creative from Lisbon, Portugal devoted to create brand experiences that place brands on people's sweet spot. His work as an art director includes campaigns for cars to pharmaceuticals, cigarettes to liquor brands and retail, on agencies such as McCann Portugal, StrawberryFrog Amsterdam, G2 Amsterdam (Grey Group) and Duda Portugal. Tiago's work has been awarded and recognized at Caples International Awards (NY), Golden Award of Montreux (CH) and the Portuguese Creative Club, amongst others. He's proud to have seen his personal work hanging on the walls of galleries from Belgium to the UK and USA.

CHUNG 24 GALLERY - San Francisco

Diane Chung, Owner & Gallery Director

Chung 24 Gallery program seeks to nurture emerging talent, showcase new works by established artists and investigate photography-based art practices. The gallery's goal is to make art accessible by introducing patrons to artists with innovative visions and differing voices who are at various stages of their careers; to create a physical space for encounters between artists and their future collectors; to engage the public in conversations about the pieces and in discovering the unique processes and methods of these talented artists. It is about the love of art, the passion and joy one feels when one finds that perfect piece and the yearning for more.

SERVICEPLAN BUBBLE - Hamburg

Savina Mokreva, Creative Director Art

Serviceplan has been one of the top 3 agencies in all relevant rankings in Germany for over a decade and is Europe's largest independent and partner-led creative agency. Through international networking and our "UberCreativity", we create fascinating communication that inspires and anchors your brand as a living, cultural player in the minds of consumers.

PUBLICIS - Warsaw

Alexandra Prata, Head of Design

Publicis Worldwide Polska is one of the largest and most successful advertising agencies in Poland. Its structures include the following branches: Publicis Poland, Publicis Lion, Publicis Health and Publicis Consultants. A world marketing communication group, present in 108 countries and employing over 80,000 people. The agency's clients in Poland include: Procter & Gamble / PGT, Sanofi, Nestle Polska, Michelin, BNP Paribas Bank Polska, Gallo Vineyards, Coca-Cola Poland Services, Animex, Renault Polska, PKN ORLEN, Prudential and L'Oreal Polska.

AB INBEV - South Africa

Karl Rapp, Executive Creative Director

Anheuser-Busch InBev commonly known as AB InBev is a US-Belgian-Brazilian multinational drink and brewing company based in Leuven, Belgium and is the largest brewer in the world. In 2023, the company was ranked 72nd in the Forbes Global 2000. Additionally, AB InBev has a global functional management office in New York City, and regional headquarters in Sao Paulo, London, St. Louis, Mexico City, Bremen, Johannesburg, and others. It has approximately 630 beer brands in 150 countries.

JENKINS JOHNSON GALLERY - San Francisco

Florence Lynch, SeniorDirector

Jenkins Johnson Gallery, founded in San Francisco in 1996, is a member of the ADAA and represents international contemporary artists working across disciplines. We exhibit the works of 20th century masters including Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Mary Lovelace O'Neal, Gordon Parks, Ming Smith, and Aubrey Williams. Our program also includes established, mid-career and emerging artists, such as Lisa Corinne Davis, Enrico Riley, Alex Jackson, and Gregory Rick. Our artists' works are in many museums around the world, and they have participated in international invitational exhibitions and have been reviewed in many major periodicals. We are a 100% Blackowned gallery that is expanding the art canon to include overlooked and under-represented artists of the African Diaspora. Led by an experienced Black American gallerist, Karen Jenkins-Johnson, the gallery has developed a diverse curatorial and collector audience. Significant artists of historical importance such as Roy DeCarava, and our 20th century roster were exhibited by Jenkins Johnson before they achieved international acclaim, helping them receive the recognition they deserve. The gallery also champions emerging artists, black curators, and writers through Jenkins Johnson Projects, founded in 2017 in Brooklyn, NY, across from Prospect Park and near the Brooklyn Museum. We provide a space for under-represented creatives and have emerged as a hub for critically acclaimed curators and artists of color. Project curators have included Derrick Adams, Antwaun Sargent, Larry Ossei-Mensah, and Kenturah Davis. Leading emerging artists have exhibited at the project space, including Chase Hall, Vaughn Spann, and Carmen Neely. Conversations have been led by local curators such as Connie Choi of the Studio Museum in Harlem, and we have hosted special programs for local groups.

CARLOS CAAMANO FOTO GALERIA - Lima

Carlos Caamano, Founder/Director

Carlos Caamano is founder and director of Foto Galeria. He studied audiovisual communication at the Peruvian Institute of Advertising and the Tompkins Cortland Community College of the State University of New York, thus beginning his career in advertising. A special interest in art led him, ten years later, to direct his profession towards this field. He studied cultural management at the Museum of Art in Lima, and recently completed a master's degree in Media and Culture at the renowned Goldsmiths - University of London. Between 2011 and 2014 he was Coordinator of Visual Arts at the French Alliance in Lima, where he was in charge of two public exhibition halls. He has also curated exhibitions for the Peruvian-British Cultural Center (Lima), the French Alliance in Lima, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Lima), the ArtLima Fair, the II Photography Biennial (Lima), the Cervantes Institute (New York), the Deutsche Bank Gallery (New York), and the Peruvian-North American Cultural Institute (Lima).

ALBERTO DAMIAN GALLERY - Treviso

Alberto Damian, Founder/Director

Alberto Damian Gallery is a gallery specialized in photography, founded by Alberto Damian, the Italian representative of the legendary "Paparazzo Extraordinaire" Ron Galella and of the elegant German portraitist wowe (Wolfgang Wesener). The gallery also hosts important and rare images by the worldwide acclaimed Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia.

GALERIE PARROTTA CONTEMPORARY ART - Cologne

Sandro Parrotta, Founder/Director

2007 Parrotta Contemporary Art gallery opened up its post-industrial exhibition rooms in Stuttgart, Germany. The gallery's concept implies that the artistic works, both in Stuttgart and in Berlin, are confronted with a pretty specific room situation. In addition to that the gallery's programmatic emphasis lies on artistic positions, that follow a conceptual and media reflecting approach. This approach follows narrative, figurative and socio-political moments and integrates them in the concept. As a consequence the gallery is therefore not fixed on specific artistic media but shows painting, photography, video, works on paper, performance, audio works, installation and sculpture. The gallery has thus offered a panel for young ambitious artists as well as already established artists within its diversified, international exhibition agenda. In that panel the gallery's artists were put in discourse with other project artists within the frame of relevant group exhibitions or simultaneously shown solo exhibitions. In stuttgart the gallery possesses a building area of 400 sqm with three separate exhibition rooms, which facilitate two to three solo exhibitions at the same time. Through intense work with the public, an constantly growing network and eager association work the gallery owner positions the artists and lies the focal point on the international market, which also implies the participation in national as well as international art fairs. 2017 Parrotta Contemporary Art relocated to Cologne and Bonn.

KLEMM'S - Berlin

Silvia Bonsiepe, Founder/Director

Sebastian Klemm and Silvia Bonsiepe founded Klemm's as a gallery for contemporary art in November 2007. They represent artists from different generations, cultural backgrounds and media whose work is linked by a shared interest in the transformation of experienced reality and who engage with social realities in combination with an aesthetic consciousness. It is important for Klemm's to support and accompany the artists through the early stages of their development and steadily foster their development and careers in a progressive international context. In conceiving the program, it is essential for them to offer the artists a platform that allows their conceptual approaches to unfold individually and also to reflect upon and enhance each other. In the years from 2010 the gallery strengthened its interest into conceptual painting, as well as installation and performative work adding to its initial focus on conceptual photography. Alongside solo exhibitions of represented artists, Klemm's hosts carte-blanche projects by invited curators, artist-curated exhibitions and regular film screenings or artist talks. In an effort to promote and deepen the critical dialogue about the development of artistic expression, Klemm's works closely with the artists to actively document their projects and new work with unique publications and artists' books.

SPOT HOME GALLERY - Naples

Cristina Ferraiuolo, Owner/Director

Spot Home Gallery was founded in Naples in February 2020 with the aim of promoting contemporary photography through solo and group exhibitions, artists residencies, participation in international art fairs. The interest is focused on those artists, established or emerging, who with passion, freedom, coherence and full commitment, pursue personal research works that bring emotions and make us think, suggesting new ways of interpreting the world and time we're living in. Artists who are constantly exploring the possibilities of the medium and its supports, providing innovative and breaking languages. Spot produces and curates artist residencies. Selected authors are invited to spend a period of time in Naples, guests at the gallery, to create an original work which will then be the object of an exhibition and a publication.

DOYLE WHAM - London

Imme Dattenberg-Doyle & Sofia Carreira Wham, Founders/Directors

Doyle Wham is the UK's first and only contemporary African photography & light gallery. Founded in 2020 with an itinerant programme of physical and digital exhibitions, Doyle Wham launched its permanent London location in February 2022. Doyle Wham is dedicated to celebrating photography in all of its forms and to developing the global infrastructure for contemporary African photography through regular exhibitions, events and international collaborations, the introduction of new artists, and building a robust collector-base. The intersection of photography and culture, including fashion, art and music, is a particular focus of the programme. The gallery's represented artists include Angele Etoundi Essamba, Trevor Stuurman, Yannis Davy Guibinga, Denisse Ariana Perez, Morgan Otagburuagu, Umseme Uyakhuluma, Puleng Mongale and Water Dixon.

ROSS-SUTTON GALLERY - New York

Destinee Ross-Sutton, Founder/Director

Destinee Ross-Sutton is an international art curator, advisor, gallerist, artist manager and advocate based in New York and Stockholm. She has co-curated and curated successful international group exhibitions at renowned institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) and CFHILL, Stockholm, Sweden, the groundbreaking "Black Voices" series, Stockholm and NY, as well as the Christie's "Say It Loud" series, a virtual selling exhibition dedicated to the promotion and empowerment of Black art. Independently, she advises several private institutions, international collectors and organizations on acquisitions of particularly but not exclusively within the field of contemporary African and African American art.