Ryan Inouye

Before working as the associate curator of Sharjah Biennial 12, Ryan Inouye was assistant curator and curatorial assistant at the New Museum, New York (2010 – 2013), where he worked on the 2012 New Museum Triennial, The Ungovernables, and the Museum as Hub initiative. He organized the projects Museum as Hub: Center for Historical Reenactments: After-after Tears (2013) and Museum as Hub: Steffani Jemison and Jamal Cyrus: Alpha’s Bet Is Not Over Yet! with Ethan Swan (2011) as well as residencies with Chimurenga (2013) and Desire Machine Collective (2013). Prior to the New Museum, Inouye was curatorial assistant at REDCAT, Los Angeles (2006 – 2010). He has written about the work of Abraham Cruzvillegas, Iman Issa, Lee Kit, My Barbarian, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and others.