Erika Mei Chua Holum
KADIST San Francisco welcomes curator-in-residence Erika Mei Chua Holum, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Assistant Curator at the Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston. Her curatorial work and research focus on intimacies and interconnected histories within artistic practices, south-south relationships, ways of gathering, and archival methodologies. During her residency, Chua Holum will research the KADIST collection, conduct studio visits with KADIST collection artists, deepen her connection to the Bay Area art scene, and participate in On (Un)language : Jesse Chun a screening program and conversation with Jesse Chun and Jo-ey Tang, director KADIST San Francisco on June 15, 2023. Chun’s work is a part of the current exhibition From the KADIST collection: Be here, or even better, be nowhere . Erika Mei Chua Holum (she/they) is the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Assistant Curator at the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston. They have contributed to projects and exhibitions worldwide, including Sanman Studios, Alief Art House in Houston, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Lagos Biennial in Nigeria, and Obscura Festival of Photography in Malaysia. Forthcoming projects at the Blaffer Art Museum include solo exhibitions with John Guzman, Reynier Leyva Novo, and Cian Dayrit.