Sarah Burney is an independent curator and writer based in New York. Raised in Kuwait and Pakistan, she specializes in contemporary printmaking and contemporary art from South Asia and its diasporas. Her work is grounded in close attention to artists’ materials, processes, and languages, and seeks to expand the histories and geographies through which contemporary art is understood. Her writing and curatorial work are informed by a range of perspectives gained across the field, including her work in Zarina’s studio, the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective, and the Guerrilla Girls. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Print Center New York.

RECENT & FORTHCOMING PROJECTS:
Chitra Ganesh: Impressions of Mythic Futures, co-curated with Ben Levy, Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University, 2027
Zarina: Directions to My House, STPI, Singapore, 2026
Umber Majeed: Digital Handicrafts, 12Gates Arts, 2026
Zarina at Atelier 17: The Printshop as Passport, in Atelier 17 at 100 eds. James Chadwick, Ann Shafer, and Christina Weyl. Forthcoming Skira, 2026-27
Zarina’s Urdu World, essay for Ishara Art Foundation, 2026
Krishna Reddy: Heaven in a Wildflower, Print Center New York, 2025
Directions to My House, co-authored with Zarina, Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University, 2018

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