Juhi Mathur
Summary
A writer and an art historian working with a passion to explore the arena of public humanities in terms of art history and culture. Research area is mainly around the queer and gender identities in the realm of premodern and early-modern Indian painting. An individual who strives to make art history more accessible in the public domain.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Gallery Manager
Art Incept
Gurugram
10.2023 - Current
- Gallery Operations: Managing the day-to-day tasks at the gallery, ensuring the smooth flow of miscellaneous tasks in terms of gallery maintenance
- Management: Coordination with the gallery team to manage various tasks connected to upcoming projects
- Logistics: Maintaining gallery inventory and coordination with art handlers for packaging and delivery of artworks
- Research & Writing: Written the curatorial note for IAF 2024 edition, for the gallery booth
- Copywriting for social media posts
- Liaising: Coordinating with the artists on a day to day basis
- Client Interaction: Experience in the arena of gallery sales and coordination with clients for sale queries and commission projects
- Projects: WWWW (World within, World without) Mumbai exhibition, India Art Fair 2024 Booth, Inception Grant 2024.
Curator and Researcher
Sanchit Art
New Delhi
06.2023 - 10.2023
- Curation: Overlooking gallery display and roster of artists
- Coordinating with Researcher ensuring updated literature is published on the gallery website
- Preparing proposal and booth layout for India Art fair, liasioning with the team
- Coordinating with the artist to prepare a curatorial note for the proposal
- Coordinating with the marketing team to create monthly trade catalogues
- Curating the gallery display every month
- Keeping a tract of all the ongoing shows in the city, visiting them and understanding the current trends in the art landscape
- Giving weekly walkthroughs to all the employees to help all the team members understand the art historical aspects of artworks
- Projects: Managing exhibitions and projects, keeping track and monitoring upcoming art fairs and programs
- Coordinating with curators, creating a precise program plan
- Ensuring gallery participation in relevant fairs, researching the current art market trends to ensure a systematic expansion of artist roster
- Social Media: Working closely with the research and marketing team to produce content for social media and marketing catalogue
- Liaising with writers and curators for gallery editorial work and curatorial practice
- Sourcing: Keeping a track of emerging artists, and discussing the tentative exhibition programs with the director
- Collation of research material, copyediting
- Working on the catalogue for Seema Kohli's solo exhibition in Hong Kong, along with the researcher.
Junior Editor
MASH
New Delhi
10.2022 - 06.2023
- Research: Worked closely with the founder as research assistant, proofreading articles
- Liaising with other media companies for features and interviews
- Researching about art movements and artists, specifically in the arena of post-modern, contemporary, and new media art to expand website content
- Editorial Work: Curating website content alongside the main editor, and liaising with freelance writers
- Specifically managing the Craft section
- Copyediting IAF press release for MASH
- Publication: Transcribing data for relevant publications featuring the director
- Social Media: Editing and proofreading social media content
- Coordinating with Digital Editor to cover relevant art fairs and museum collections for the social media feed
- Program Research: Keeping a track of the exhibitions and art fairs taking place nationally and internationally
- Discussing with the founder the exhibitions that should be featured on the website
- Outreach: Creating an exhaustive list of artists, designers, and curators for the 'Shalini Passi in Conversation' Series, and reaching out and coordinating for the interview
- Outsourcing: Assisted the director with curating and writing content for luxury magazines like Travel+Leisure, Moralmoda Vissionaire, and art magazine "Hello Mag".
Researcher, Writer, and Heritage Mapper and Walk Leader
Enroute Indian History
New Delhi
12.2021 - Current
- Art Specialist/Art Explorer: Accessing digitized archives of museums and art institutions to produce relevant content for social media
- Research & Writing: Contributing research-based articles for the website
- Digital Humanities: Conducting digital workshops to increase engagement in terms of art history and cultural theories
- Mapping art museums to curate heritage walks and conducting on a monthly basis
- Exploring Lodhi art District in association with Yulu bikes
- Painting Revolution: From Amrita Shergil to Rabindranath Tagore at NGMA, New Delhi
- Deciphering Pahari and Mughal Miniature housed in National Museum, New Delhi
- Rediscovering mythological themes through tribal and folk art at National Craft Museum.:
Education
MVA in Art History & Aesthetics -
Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda
05.2021
BFA in Painting -
Govt. College of Art & Design, Nagpur
04.2019
Skills
- Writing
- Proofreading
- Editing
- Copyediting
- Heritage mapping
- Research
- Ideating
Websites
Collaborative Work
Collaboration with Agra Heritage Walks and Colourkar Studio: worked on restoring the walls of an alleyway for a local cultural programRang-E-Sulhakul
Group Exhibitions
- Bachelors Final Year Exhibition 2019, Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Chitnavis Centre Group Show, 2019, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Published Works
- Published a poem and A set of photographs in the Open Close Magazine's 18th Issue
- Contributed to the Second Print Issue of Svasa Life, a luxury Magazine
Personal Information - Description
A writer and an art historian working with a passion to explore the arena of public humanities in terms of art history and culture. Research area is mainly around the queer and gender identities in the realm of premodern and early-modern Indian painting. An individual who strives to make art history more accessible in the public domain.
Personal Information
Title: Art historian, Writer, Researcher, Artist, and Curator
Languages
- English
- Hindi
Awards
- Merit Award from Govt. of Maharashtra
- UGC NET-JRF 2022
Timeline
Gallery Manager
Art Incept
10.2023 - Current
Curator and Researcher
Sanchit Art
06.2023 - 10.2023
Junior Editor
MASH
10.2022 - 06.2023
Researcher, Writer, and Heritage Mapper and Walk Leader
Enroute Indian History
12.2021 - Current
MVA in Art History & Aesthetics -
Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda
BFA in Painting -
Govt. College of Art & Design, Nagpur
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