Daisy Nam Named Director and Chief Curator of Wattis Institute CCA
Daisy Nam has been appointed as the director and chief curator of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts at the California College of the Arts. Before this, she was the director at Ballroom Marfa, where she curated impressive exhibitions like Guadalupe Maravilla: Mariposa Relámpago (2023) and Tongues of Fire (2023). Her experience also includes serving as the Assistant Director at Harvard's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and as the Assistant Director of Public Programs at Columbia's School of the Arts. Nam will start her new position on April 1, and she’s excited about launching the new gallery and contributing to the Wattis Institute's impactful legacy beyond the Bay Area.
Key facts
- Daisy Nam appointed director and chief curator of Wattis Institute CCA.
- Nam previously served as director of Ballroom Marfa since 2022.
- Curated exhibitions at Ballroom Marfa include Guadalupe Maravilla: Mariposa Relámpago (2023), Tongues of Fire (2023), and Kenneth Tam: Tender is the hand which holds the stone of memory (2022).
- Former Assistant Director at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University.
- Former Assistant Director of Public Programs at School of the Arts, Columbia University.
- Nam will be the first director working in the Wattis’s new exhibition spaces.
- Start date: April 1.
- Will oversee opening of the Wattis’s new gallery.
Entities
Artists
- Daisy Nam
- Guadalupe Maravilla
- Kenneth Tam
Institutions
- Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
- California College of the Arts
- Ballroom Marfa
- Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University
- School of the Arts, Columbia University
Locations
- San Francisco
- United States
- Marfa
- Cambridge
- New York