Murtaza Vali is a critic, curator, editor, and Visiting Instructor at Pratt Institute, New York. He received an MA in Art History and Archaeology from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts (2004). He is a Contributing Editor at ArtAsiaPacific and an Editorial Correspondent for Ibraaz.org, and his writing has appeared in numerous international publications. He was Guest Curator for the Abraaj Group Art Prize 2013, and is the editor of Manual for Treason, a multilingual publication commissioned by the Sharjah Art Foundation for Sharjah Biennial 10 (2011). He lives and works between Sharjah, UAE, and Brooklyn, USA.
