Lumi Tan is an independent curator and writer based in New York City, specializing in interdisciplinary exhibitions and performances. She is curator of the 2026 Converge45 city-wide exhibition in Portland, Oregon and the Focus section at Frieze New York. From 2022–2024, she was the Curatorial Director of Luna Luna, a revival of the world’s first art amusement park created by André Heller in 1987. From 2010-2022, Tan was Senior Curator at The Kitchen, New York, where she organized exhibitions and produced performances. Tan has also held positions at the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Nord Pas-de-Calais, France; Zach Feuer Gallery, New York; and MoMA/P.S.1, New York. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Artforum, Frieze, Mousse, Cura, Art in America, and numerous exhibition catalogues and artist monographs. She was the recipient of 2020 VIA Art Fund Curatorial Fellowship, and has been faculty at the School of Visual Arts, Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, and Yale School of Art.
