Amanda Sroka Appointed Senior Curator at ICA Los Angeles, Starting September 6
Starting September 6, Amanda Sroka will take on the position of senior curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, replacing Jamillah James. Before this, she was the associate curator of contemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 2014. Sroka holds an MA in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art and has previously worked at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. At the Philadelphia Museum, she concentrated on projects highlighting women and BIPOC artists, co-curating the first artist room for Marisa Merz and the 2021 exhibition featuring Senga Nengudi. Anne Ellegood, the director of ICA Los Angeles, praised Sroka for her deep understanding of institutions and her knack for blending local and global viewpoints.
Key facts
- Amanda Sroka appointed senior curator at ICA Los Angeles
- She starts on September 6
- Sroka replaces Jamillah James, who left for Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- She previously worked at Philadelphia Museum of Art as associate curator of contemporary art since 2014
- Sroka co-organized first artist room at PMA dedicated to a woman artist, Marisa Merz
- She organized Senga Nengudi: Topologies (2021), first ICA Los Angeles show devoted to a Black woman artist
- ICA Los Angeles is concluding a six-year strategic plan
- Sroka holds an Art History MA from Courtauld Institute of Art
Entities
Artists
- Amanda Sroka
- Jamillah James
- Marisa Merz
- Senga Nengudi
- Anne Ellegood
Institutions
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- ICA Los Angeles
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- New Museum of Contemporary Art
- Courtauld Institute of Art
- Pilar Corrias Gallery
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States
- Chicago
- Philadelphia
- New York
- London
- United Kingdom