Roya Amirsoleymani

Roya Amirsoleymani (she/her) is an independent curator, writer, producer, & project manager in contemporary art and performance, based on Twana lands on the Olympic Peninsula in rural Washington. From 2012-23, she was a director & curator at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), where she organized visual art exhibitions, performances, residencies, community and public programs, and the annual Time-Based Art Festival. She just self-published her first chapbook and is working on a long-form experimental narrative about death and friendship. Roya supports the ideas, labor, and livelihoods of artists & arts workers–especially those historically excluded from mainstream art worlds and economies.