Rumi Samadhan

Rumi Samadhan is an independent curator, researcher and a visual artist, based between Mumbai and Kolhapur. Her research interests engage between Museum-studies, Regional studies and, Existential politics. Articulating Dalit Visual Art Practices for the Curatorial Intensive South Asia, 2019 CISA Fellowship, Khoj, she curated- ‘1927-The Mahad Satyagraha- ‘Erasure’ as a form of assertion’, a group show. Her recent co-curation, fundraiser ‘Broken Foot – Unfolding Inequalities’, responded to the critical 2020 migrant-labour crisis, where 60 artists’ collectively raised their voice in solidarity for the cause. She has recently contributed an essay on Public Art practices for the Serendipity Arts Festival, Projects/Processes 2022 edition. She has completed her PG in Modern and Contemporary Indian Art and Curatorial
Studies, from the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum [BDL], Mumbai.