Curator, art dealer and founder. A practice shaped by artists, and the places where art meets life.
Rom Levy is a French curator based in Dubai. His work moves between contemporary art and urban culture: from publishing artists’ stories to developing exhibitions, public commissions and editions.
Working with artists since 2005, Rom founded StreetArtNews in 2009. The publication became a way of documenting a scene, connecting its artists and bringing work from cities around the world to a wider audience.
Exhibitions and editions followed. Through RexRomae, he developed projects in temporary spaces; through public art, he worked at the scale of a city. Today, Volery Gallery in Dubai extends that practice through an international contemporary art programme.
The connection between these activities is a sustained relationship with artists: helping an idea find its form, its setting and its audience.
Get in touch ↗A selected chronology.
Begins working with artists; launches StreetArtNews in November 2009.
Starts the edition programme in London, later developing production in Turin with Marco Scellato. Curates The London Dare and Oceanic.
Co-curates Borondo’s Animal with Charlotte Dutoit in London; curates Printology in Fort Smith.
Co-curates Colors, works on Dubai Street Museum, and contributes to the opening exhibition of Urban Nation in Berlin.
Curates Ikigai, a temporary exhibition in Ginza, Tokyo.
Founds Volery Gallery in Dubai and conceives the #StayHome public installation.
Co-plans Street Chronicles in Seoul. SAN Projects produces the Hatta mosaic with DEWA and BrandDubai.