BIO
Profile
Sayali Mundye is a curator, cultural manager who loves to take photographs and make things. Over the last eight years, she has worked with public and private museums, and art organisations including Sir JJ School of Art, lndian Art and Design Educators Association and others. She has led large-scale art projects, curated exhibitions, developed public programmes and led partnerships.
Sayali has been a fellow of Museum Curation programme by the Centre for Art & Archaeology of the AIIS, Kress Foundation for Art Curators Conference, Cultural Management by Goethe amongst others. Her research interests include investigating intersections between art, public, cultural organisations and society. Sayali is working on a case study for Goethe and ACRI that surveys Indian museums and ways that they can incorporate contemporary art into their galleries.
Sayali is based in Bombay, is currently an independent curator, teaches at university as a visiting faculty and writes for publications.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
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Professional Alliance for Curators of Color 2022-23 by AAMC, supported by the Getty Foundation, New York, USA.
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Curatorial Intensive South Asia 2021-22 by Khoj and Goethe, New Delhi.
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Teaching Fellow for Self (Continental Psychoanalysis) course Sep 2021 at Bombay Institute of Critical Analysis and Research, Mumbai.
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The Samuel Kress Foundation Fellowship for Art Curators Conference 2021 by Association for Art Museum Curators, New York. (Virtual)
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Museum Curation Programme with the Centre for Art and Archaeology of American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) supported by the US embassy, Aug 2020 to Jan 2021.
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Cultural Management in the Digital Age Programme by Goethe Institut, India and Arts Culture Resources India, Nov to Dec 2020.
CAREER HISTORY
Work Experience
VISITING FACULTY, INDIAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND INNOVATION
Aug 2022 - present
Design and teach a course around 'walk' to hone critical and design thinking skills
for liberal arts fourth year degree students for their fall semester.
CURATORIAL ASSOCIATE, SAKSHI GALLERY
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
Consulting with one of India's oldest and top art galleries based in Bombay. Focused on modern and contemporary Indian art.
PROJECTS, INDIAN ART AND DESIGN EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
Consulted with IADEA - India's first and only space for art educators all over the country. Managed and co-curated the 3rd conference for art educators. Launched India's first Virtual Library for Art Educators.
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, SIR J. J. SCHOOL OF ARTS
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
Research and documentation of the permanent collection of the Fine Arts Department. Categorising the collection, identifying artworks.
VISITING JURY MEMBER, NMIMS
2019
Visual Arts Department of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies at Balwant Sheth School of Architecture.
OUTREACH AND PROGRAMMING, PIRAMAL MUSEUM OF ART
Apr 2016 - Jul 2020
Over 4.5 years at this private museum, I developed over 80 public outreach programmes for 10 exhibitions and managed three museum locations. Location mapping and research audiences to strategise and develop the programming plans. Set up the internship and docent programme.
Writing artist notes for the Piramal Art Residency, drafting museum newsletters. Curated exhibitions have been listed under the exhibition section.
Leading special projects which involved project curation, planning, budgeting, crisis management, documentation, training, hiring, monitoring and reporting. This included working with different stakeholders like business heads, programme directors, artistic directors, volunteers, archivists, managing external vendors and internal teams to ensure successful project completion. Projects include: The Public Art Programme, Byculla Wall Project and Spotlighters.
Planning strategic partnerships for the Museum in line with the Museum’s vision and mission. Building and maintaining relationships with cultural institutions like Alliance Française de Bombay, Columbia Global Centre, the Raza Foundation, MARG Foundation, Art21, RainbowFish Trust and more. Developing partnerships that strengthen learning and development for art students with organisations like Sir. JJ School of Art, Rachana Sansad School of Architecture and Columbia University Global Centre.
MUSEUM MAPPER, UNESCO
Jul 2019
Documented the National Museum of Indian Cinema. Research and data collection through interviews, photographs etc.
WHAT ABOUT ART, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Research and documentation of the permanent collection of the Fine Arts Department. Categorising the collection, identifying artworks.
DOCENT, DR. BHAU DAJI LAD CITY MUSEUM
May 2015 - Apr 2016
Lead and deliver education programs and interpret a range of Museum exhibits at Mumbai’s oldest museum. Conducting, managing workshops, undertaking special workshops based on the rare decorative arts and anthropological collection. Leading guided tours in 3 languages for audiences across various age groups.
GALLERY ASSISTANT, GALLERY LAKEEREN
Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
Research for exhibitions and documenting artworks. Visitor and client management. Designing e-catalogue, e- invite and price list for exhibition. Planning educational programs for school groups in the gallery. Management of online presence and social media.
INTERN, DR. BHAU DAJI LAD CITY MUSEUM
Jun 2013 - Mar 2015
Research content for the google art project. Conceptualized designs for new gallery and exhibition worksheets and a public Museum trail. Designing sketches for the museum shop. Assist with art activities and workshops.