Srimoyee Mitra

Srimoyee Mitra is a curator and writer whose work is invested in building empathy and mutual respect by bringing together meaningful and diverse works of art and design. She develops ambitious and socially relevant projects that mobilize the agency within creative practices and public audiences. Her research interests lie at the intersection of exhibition-making and participation, migration, globalization and decoloniality through artistic research and praxis. Mitra has worked as an Arts Writer for publications in India such as Art India, Time Out Mumbai before moving to Canada to pursue a master’s in art history at York University in 2008. In 2011, she was appointed the Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Windsor in Canada, where she developed an award-winning curatorial and publications program. Her exhibitions Border Cultures (2013-2015), We Won’t Compete (2014), Wafaa Bilal: 168:01 (2016) were awarded “Exhibition of the Year” by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries for three consecutive years. In 2015, she edited a multi-authored book, Border Cultures, co-published by the Art Gallery of Windsor and Black Dog Publishing. Mitra has worked with accomplished artists including Bonnie Divine, Wafaa Bilal, Raqs Media Collective, CAMP, Ali Kazimi and Jeff Thomas, Stephanie Dinkins, Native Art Department International, Raphael DeGoot and Latoya Ruby Frazier. During her tenure as the Director of Stamps Gallery, Mitra has been successful with prestigious grants such as the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Michigan Council for Cultural Affairs as well as touring its exhibitions nationally. Mitra has participated in conferences and lectured across Canada, and USA. Most recent ones include Association of American Art Curators (2025), National Women’s Studies Conference (2024), College Art Association (2023), Association for Academic Museums 7 Galleries (2022). Recent Publications include Stephanie Dinkins: On Love & Data (2024:UMPress), Heidi Kumao: Real & Imagine (2022: Michigan Publishing). She is currently editing the first monograph that highlights the work of Anishinaabe artists and black ash basket weavers Kelly Church and her daughter Cherish Parrish.