Lumi Tan

Lumi Tan is a curator and writer based in New York. She is the curator of the 2026 iteration of Converge 45, a citywide art exhibition in Portland, Oregon, and recently served as the curatorial director of Luna Luna, a revival of the world’s first art amusement park created by André Heller in 1987. Previously, she was senior curator at The Kitchen, New York, where she organized exhibitions and produced performances with artists including Kevin Beasley, Gretchen Bender, Abraham Cruzvillegas, E. Jane, Baseera Khan, Autumn Knight, Moor Mother, Sondra Perry, The Racial Imaginary Institute, Tina Satter, Kenneth Tam, Danh Vo, and Anicka Yi. Tan has also held positions at the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Nord Pas-de-Calais, France; Zach Feuer Gallery, New York; and MoMA/P.S.1, New York. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Artforum, Frieze, Mousse, Cura, and numerous exhibition catalogues. She was the recipient of 2020 VIA Art Fund Curatorial Fellowship.