Bio

Rashida Bumbray

Rashida Bumbray is a curator and choreographer. As Director of Culture and Art at the Open Society Foundations, Bumbray spearheaded the development of the foundation’s first global program dedicated to advancing diverse artistic practices around the world. In 2022, she curated Loophole of Retreat: Venice, a transnational gathering focused on Black women’s intellectual and creative labor as part of Simone Leigh’s exhibition Sovereignty at the American Pavilion for the 59th Venice Biennale. Bumbray is also a Bessie-nominated choreographer whose practice draws from traditional African American vernacular and folk forms. Her works have been presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, BlackStar Film Festival, and The Park Avenue Armory.