The Team
Amani Olu: Co-Founder
Dubbed the “King of multi-tasking” by Anthony Haden-Guest in The Art Newspaper, Amani Olu is an entrepreneur, curator, artist and writer. From 2008 to 2012, he curated numerous exhibitions of contemporary photography, and spearheaded the four-part series Young Curators, New Ideas. In 2011 he joined Nadine Johnson & Associates as an art publicist for clients such as the Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Marlborough Chelsea, and the Dallas Art Fair. Eighteen months later, he was named managing editor of Whitewall, having previously contributed to the magazine articles on artists William Eggleston, Zoe Crosher, Elad Lassry, and Rashaad Newsome. He left to establish Olu & Company, a marketing agency for the arts and beyond. In 2016 he ended his curatorial hiatus with an upcoming show at Storefront Ten Eyck. Olu makes art under the name "Scott Avery,” and is currently developing an image management system for creative professionals. He lives near Detroit with his daughter, Emi Olu aka "Poopala."
Jon Feinstein: Co-Founder and Co-Curatorial Director
Jon Feinstein is a Seattle and New York City based curator, photographer, and Content Director at The Luupe - a new platform connecting women and non-binary photographers with leading brands. Jon has curated numerous exhibitions over the past fifteen years, including Blue Sky’s curatorial prize exhibition: “An Inward Gaze” - with Roula Seikaly, Currents at PhotoNola 2019, Future Isms at Glassbox Gallery in Seattle, WA; Radical Color at Newspace Center for Photography, in Portland, Oregon; Another NY for Art-Bridge at The Barclays Arena in Brooklyn, NY; and 31 Women in Art Photography at Hasted Kraetleur in NYC. His projects have been featured in Aperture, The New York Times, The New Republic, BBC, VICE, The New Yorker, Hyperallergic, Feature Shoot and American Photo, and his writing has appeared in VICE, Hyperallergic, Aperture, Photograph, TIME, Slate, GOOD, Daylight, and PDN. Find him shamelessly on Instagram and Twitter and see his own work HERE.
Roula Seikaly: Senior Editor and Co-Curatorial Director
Roula Seikaly is a writer and independent curator based in San Francisco. Her writing is featured on platforms including Aperture, Saint Lucy, Strange Fire Collective, Temporary Art Review, SF Camerawork, and KQED Arts. She has curated exhibitions at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Triple Base Gallery, and SOMArts. Follow her on Instagram.
Diana Guerra: Producer, online group shows
Diana Guerra is a multimedia artist who recently completed her MFA in Digital and Interdisciplinary Art Practice at the City College of New York. She started her studies in photography at Parsons School of Design and has a background in Sociology. Guerra’s work has been exhibited and published in Italy, Argentina, Hungary and New York. Follow her on Instagram or check out her website.
Deborah Krieger: Contributing Writer
Deborah Krieger is an arts writer, independent scholar, and the curatorial assistant at the Delaware Art Museum. She has written for the Los Angeles Review of Books, Artillery Magazine, Whitehot Magazine, BUST Magazine, PopMatters, and other online publications. You can keep up with her on Instagram and Twitter, and she can also be found at her site I On the Arts.