Shona van der Merwe is a contemporary arts professional with over ten years of experience, specialising in curating, as well as international art fairs and biennales. Most recently, Shona co-founded Reservoir Projects, a curatorial partnership and project space in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to this, she occupied the role of associate director at an established South African gallery, where her portfolios included sales, editorial coordination of gallery publications, artist liaison, media relations and exhibition coordination. With experience in logistics and project management, Shona has coordinated and/or worked on booths at over 30 international art fairs including Art Basel Miami Beach, The Armory Show, Artissima, Art Brussels and Miart; and 15 editions of local South African art fairs. Extensive experience with private as well as public collections.
Listed skills include Fine Art, Curating, Visual Arts, Contemporary Art, and 26 others.