Mala Yamey works as the Curator at UP Projects in London. She has worked in the contemporary art world for several years working on curating public commissions, public programmes, and devising international partnerships.
Her curatorial projects include Bodies of Water by Anne Duk Hee Jordan at A la Ronde in Exmouth, June – November 2025, and at Haigh Hall in Wigan, September 2025 – 2030; MOONMOTH by Tania Kovats at WOW Festival in Manchester, May 2024; Bloc Projects Members Show at Bloc Projects in Sheffield, October 2023; Sea Change (featuring commissions by Dana Olarescu, Melanie Manchot, Raqs Media Collective, Simon Faithfull) at the Royal Docks in London, May 2023; Grace Ndiritu – An Absolute River at LUX in London, May – July 2022. She also participated in the British Council Curatorial Delegation during India Art Fair in February 2024.
She has published writing with La Gazette Drouot International, Paris; The Earth Issue, London; Lychee One Gallery, London; Still Point Journal, London; UP Projects, London; TAKE Magazine, India; and TARQ, Mumbai. She is also a member of The Lazy Susans Collective, with whom she curates exhibitions, collage workshops and community events. Her independent research focusses on South Asian contemporary art and its UK diaspora.
She has worked for over eight years in the contemporary art world spanning the non-profit and commercial sectors including Art South Asia Project (ASAP), Invisible Dust, Kochi Biennale Foundation, Levy Gorvy, and Sotheby’s.
She has an MA Cantab in History of Art from Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge (2016); an MA with Distinction in History of Art from The Courtauld Institute of Art (2017); and most recently, received an MA with Distinction in Curating Contemporary Art from The Royal College of Art (2022).
Upcoming Projects:
Anita Harding Memorial by Valda Jackson, UCL Public Art x UP Projects (2025-2027)
“The Welcoming Campus” Commissions, University of Southampton x UP Projects (2026-2027)
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