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Mariane Ibrahim has hosted acclaimed exhibitions from leading and emerging artists including Amoako Boafo, Clotilde Jimenez, Maimouna Guerresi, Ayana V. Jackson, Lina Iris Viktor and most recently Florine Démosthène. Seven years after founding her namesake gallery in Seattle, she officially launched her next space in Chicago in 2019. The gallery has had an international presence at art fairs with acclaimed and prize-winning presentations. Ibrahim's mission is dedicated to the elevation and advocacy of diverse global artistic practices, with a particular spotlight on Africa and the diaspora. Ibrahim is driven towards expanding the confines of the creative landscape and has curated international exhibitions including a collaboration with David Adjaye at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art at Harvard University and a group exhibition, Ravelled Threads, at Sean Kelly. [email protected]

Touria El Glaoui, the daughter of artist Hassan El Glaoui, was born and raised in Morocco and completed her education in New York before beginning a career in the banking industry as a wealth management consultant. After ten years in that field she relocated to London, where she initiated 1–54 Contemporary African Art Fair in 2013. She has since launched the fair in New York in 2015 and in Marrakech in 2018. 1–54 is now a world-leading platform dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. Parallel to her career, she has organized and co-curated exhibitions of her father's work in London and Morocco. She has spoken widely and chaired numerous discussions on contemporary African art and women in leadership at leading institutions and events globally. She was listed among the 50 most powerful women in Africa by Jeune Afrique magazine in 2015, 2018, and 2019. She is Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française since February 2019. [email protected]