Mari Spirito is executive director and curator of Protocinema, a cross-cultural, ambulatory art organization commissioning and presenting exhibitions and public programs in Istanbul and New York, which she founded in 2011. In 2023 she co-curated Art, Ancestors, Ghosts & The Dead convening on attitudes towards death across cultures; curated The Myth of Normal, A Celebration of Authentic Expression, a group exhibition at MassArt Art Museum, Boston, forthcoming in October; and completed Contemplative Care Foundations Program, New York Zen Center. She is on the Board of Participant Inc, New York, and holds a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.

Photo by Bora Guven