Ala Roushan

Ala Roushan is a curator and Associate Professor at OCAD University. Ala’s research explores artificial environments, contemporary digital culture, and the public realm. Most recently, she produced BREATHLESS at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery–a multifaceted project including an experimental pavilion, group exhibition, publication, and performances on the paradoxes of air and the breath. Previously, she was the co-director/curator of SUGAR, a curatorial platform exploring new trajectories for public art informed by site, where she co-curated projects such as a solo exhibition and lecture marathon with artist collective Slavs & Tatars and co-published the book ShapeShift: Sugar, Oil, Gold. Ala’s past activities include her role as the co-founder/curator of the non-profit initiative Flip Project Space in Naples. She has a master’s degree in Advance Architectural Design from the Städelschule, Frankfurt. Currently, Ala holds a research position at the University of Tokyo, leading a SSHRC funded research project titled Shaping Atmospheres, examining the complex relations of air and architecture as it affects our planetary environment.