May Makki
Selected Projects
Screen Memories
Martin Beck: Last Night
Nasa4nasa: Promises
JJJJJerome Ellis:
Loops of Retreat
Friends of Elliptical Orbits
RISO BAR
CV
2025
Curator, Out of Bounds, [video game installation and screening with Yannis Mohand Briki, Bahareh Khoshooee, Sara Sadik, and Firas Shehadeh], ArteEast and Millennium Film Workshop, New York, June 17-27. 2025.
Curator, 211: Tala Madani as part of Collection 1980s-Present, [collection gallery], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2025-2026.
Curator, Screen Memories: Yara Asmar, Mona Benyamin, Huda Takriti, [exhibition], Abrons Arts Center, New York, February 14-April 14, 2025.
2024
Curatorial Assistant, Nour Mobarak: Dafne Phono, [exhibition], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 26, 2024-June 12, 2025.
Curator and moderator, Nasa4nasa: Promises, [performance and artist talk], 99 Canal, New York, August 1, 2024.
Curatorial Assistant, Studio Sound: Sable Elyse Smith, [exhibition and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 3-14, 2024.
Curator and moderator, Martin Beck: Last Night, [exhibition and artist talk], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 1-2, 2024.
Curator and moderator, Modern Mondays: An Evening with Haig Aivazian, [screening and conversation], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 11, 2024.
Curatorial Assistant, Shana Moulton: Meta/Physical Therapy, [exhibition and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 17-April 21, 2024.
2023
Curatorial Researcher, Partisans of the Nude: An Arab Art Genre in an Era of Contest, 1920-1960, [exhibition], The Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, New York, October 6, 2023-January 14, 2024.
Curatorial Assistant, Alexandre Estrela: Flat Bells, [exhibition], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 4, 2023-January 7, 2024.
Curatorial Assistant, Studio Sound: Suzanne Ciani and Sarah Davachi, [performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 7-17, 2023.
Co-curator, Modern Mondays: An Evening with Marwa Arsanios, [screening], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 17, 2024.
Curatorial Assistant, Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Walled Unwalled and Other Monologues, [exhibition and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 8-11, 2023.
Curatorial Assistant, Studio Residency: Pamela Z, [residency and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, August 3-6, 2023.
Curator, JJJJJerome Ellis: Loops of Retreat, [exhibition and performance], Sweet Pass Sculpture Park with Dallas Contemporary, May 25-July 22, 2023.
Curator and moderator, The Broken Pitcher (dirs. Natascha Sadr Haghighian and Marina Christodoulidou, 2022), [screening and conversation], Spectacle Cinema, New York, March 11, 2023.
Co-curator, Beyond Documentation: Aesthetics of Policing, [Two-day workshop and screening with contributors Sierra Pettengill, LaCharles Ward, and Isshaq Albarbary], Center for Human Rights and the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, February 3-4, 2023.
2022
Curatorial Assistant, Studio Residency: Okwui Okpokwasili, [residency and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 30-August 28, 2022.
Curatorial Assistant, Yve Laris Cohen: Studio/Theater, [exhibition and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 8, 2022-January 1, 2023.
Curator, Friends of Elliptical Orbits: Kayfa ta and Radio Alhara, [exhibition and public programs], The Hessel Museum of Art, Annandal-on-Hudson, New York, April 2-May 29, 2022.
2021
Curatorial Research Associate, Greater New York 2021, [survey exhibition], MoMA PS1, New York, October 7, 2021-April 18, 2022.
Co-curator, Neutral Background, [group exhibition including Sondra Perry, Liz Deschenes, and Tauba Auerbach], The Hessel Museum of Art, Annandal-on-Hudson, New York, April 3-April 18, 2021.
2020
Co-curator, Erik DeLuka: The Staff of Asclepias, [exhibition], Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas, June 6-August 1, 2020.
Co-curator, RISO BAR, [exhibition and public program], The Pollock Gallery at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, January 25-August 15, 2020.
Writing
2024
“Kamal AlJafari’s A Fidai Film,” [article], Screen Slate
“Visiting the Loft, Where Music and Dancing are Sacred,” [interview], MoMA Magazine
2023
“Jonathas de Andrade’s Olho da Rua (Out Loud),” [interview], MoMA Magazine
“Rabih Mroué’s Pixelated Revolution,” [interview], MoMA Magazine
“A Studio in the Studio: An Interview with Lawrence Abu Hamdan,” [interview], MoMA Magazine
“In the Studio with Haig Aivazian,” [interview], Art21
2022
“Coleman Collins at Brief Histories,” [exhibition review], Art in America
“Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abu-Rahme at MoMA,” [article], Screen Slate
“Huguette Caland: Tête-à-Tête,” [exhibition review], H-Net
“One Work: Etel Adnan at the Guggenheim,” [artwork focus], Art in America
Curator, Out of Bounds, [video game installation and screening with Yannis Mohand Briki, Bahareh Khoshooee, Sara Sadik, and Firas Shehadeh], ArteEast and Millennium Film Workshop, New York, June 17-27. 2025.
Curator, 211: Tala Madani as part of Collection 1980s-Present, [collection gallery], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2025-2026.
Curator, Screen Memories: Yara Asmar, Mona Benyamin, Huda Takriti, [exhibition], Abrons Arts Center, New York, February 14-April 14, 2025.
2024
Curatorial Assistant, Nour Mobarak: Dafne Phono, [exhibition], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 26, 2024-June 12, 2025.
Curator and moderator, Nasa4nasa: Promises, [performance and artist talk], 99 Canal, New York, August 1, 2024.
Curatorial Assistant, Studio Sound: Sable Elyse Smith, [exhibition and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 3-14, 2024.
Curator and moderator, Martin Beck: Last Night, [exhibition and artist talk], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 1-2, 2024.
Curator and moderator, Modern Mondays: An Evening with Haig Aivazian, [screening and conversation], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 11, 2024.
Curatorial Assistant, Shana Moulton: Meta/Physical Therapy, [exhibition and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 17-April 21, 2024.
2023
Curatorial Researcher, Partisans of the Nude: An Arab Art Genre in an Era of Contest, 1920-1960, [exhibition], The Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University, New York, October 6, 2023-January 14, 2024.
Curatorial Assistant, Alexandre Estrela: Flat Bells, [exhibition], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 4, 2023-January 7, 2024.
Curatorial Assistant, Studio Sound: Suzanne Ciani and Sarah Davachi, [performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 7-17, 2023.
Co-curator, Modern Mondays: An Evening with Marwa Arsanios, [screening], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 17, 2024.
Curatorial Assistant, Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Walled Unwalled and Other Monologues, [exhibition and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 8-11, 2023.
Curatorial Assistant, Studio Residency: Pamela Z, [residency and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, August 3-6, 2023.
Curator, JJJJJerome Ellis: Loops of Retreat, [exhibition and performance], Sweet Pass Sculpture Park with Dallas Contemporary, May 25-July 22, 2023.
Curator and moderator, The Broken Pitcher (dirs. Natascha Sadr Haghighian and Marina Christodoulidou, 2022), [screening and conversation], Spectacle Cinema, New York, March 11, 2023.
Co-curator, Beyond Documentation: Aesthetics of Policing, [Two-day workshop and screening with contributors Sierra Pettengill, LaCharles Ward, and Isshaq Albarbary], Center for Human Rights and the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, February 3-4, 2023.
2022
Curatorial Assistant, Studio Residency: Okwui Okpokwasili, [residency and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 30-August 28, 2022.
Curatorial Assistant, Yve Laris Cohen: Studio/Theater, [exhibition and performance program], The Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 8, 2022-January 1, 2023.
Curator, Friends of Elliptical Orbits: Kayfa ta and Radio Alhara, [exhibition and public programs], The Hessel Museum of Art, Annandal-on-Hudson, New York, April 2-May 29, 2022.
2021
Curatorial Research Associate, Greater New York 2021, [survey exhibition], MoMA PS1, New York, October 7, 2021-April 18, 2022.
Co-curator, Neutral Background, [group exhibition including Sondra Perry, Liz Deschenes, and Tauba Auerbach], The Hessel Museum of Art, Annandal-on-Hudson, New York, April 3-April 18, 2021.
2020
Co-curator, Erik DeLuka: The Staff of Asclepias, [exhibition], Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas, June 6-August 1, 2020.
Co-curator, RISO BAR, [exhibition and public program], The Pollock Gallery at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, January 25-August 15, 2020.
Writing
2024
“Kamal AlJafari’s A Fidai Film,” [article], Screen Slate
“Visiting the Loft, Where Music and Dancing are Sacred,” [interview], MoMA Magazine
2023
“Jonathas de Andrade’s Olho da Rua (Out Loud),” [interview], MoMA Magazine
“Rabih Mroué’s Pixelated Revolution,” [interview], MoMA Magazine
“A Studio in the Studio: An Interview with Lawrence Abu Hamdan,” [interview], MoMA Magazine
“In the Studio with Haig Aivazian,” [interview], Art21
2022
“Coleman Collins at Brief Histories,” [exhibition review], Art in America
“Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abu-Rahme at MoMA,” [article], Screen Slate
“Huguette Caland: Tête-à-Tête,” [exhibition review], H-Net
“One Work: Etel Adnan at the Guggenheim,” [artwork focus], Art in America