Curatorial Advisory Committee

Riley Niemack

Gallery Director, Chair of Curatorial Advisory Committee

Riley Niemack is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Curious about the simple nature of our existence, her practice is inspired by personal reflections and examinations of...

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Elio Garcia

Curatorial Advisory Committee Member

Elio Garcia, born and raised in Milwaukee’s South Side, is a graduate from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design with a Bachelors of Fine Arts (2021). His practice ranges from;...

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Frank Juarez

Curatorial Advisory Committee Member, Artist, Publisher and Founder of Artdose Magazine

Frank Juarez brings nineteen years of art education and arts management experience organizing local and regional art exhibitions, community art events, facilitating professional development workshops, and advocating for art education....

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Dr. Margaret J. Schmitz

Art and Design Historian, Educator, Researcher, Curatorial Advisory Committee Member

Dr. Margaret J. Schmitz is a Milwaukee-based art and design historian, researcher, educator, artist, and French Bulldog mom. Her scholarship focuses on intertextual exchange and theories of temporality and decoloniality...

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Nirmal Raja

Curatorial Advisory Committee Member, Interdisciplinary Artist

Nirmal Raja is an interdisciplinary artist living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She had lived in India, South Korea and Hong Kong before immigrating to the United States thirty years ago. She...

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