Exhibitions Program Manager, Southern Exposure

Maysoun Wazwaz is the Exhibitions Program Manager at Southern Exposure and is the only staff member, outside of the executive director, who has worked in each of Southern Exposure’s locations since moving from their original space in 2006. In her capacity as program manager over the past 2.5 years Maysoun has worked with over 200 artists through solo, group and juried exhibitions as well as through artist residencies and public art projects. Maysoun co-produced SoEx Off-Site (2006-2007), a yearlong series of public art projects which used new techniques for exploring and mapping public space. She also helped produce groundbreaking exhibitions such as Free Enterprise (2007), Vapor (2008) and Hopeless and Otherwise (2008).

In addition to her work at Southern Exposure Maysoun serves as a member of Visual Aid’s exhibitions committee. Visual Aid is a non-profit arts organization supporting artists living with life threatening illnesses. In April of 2008, Maysoun was invited to participate in the San Francisco Art Institute’s MFA Studio Visits as an outside curator. This program gives MFA candidates the opportunity to receive feedback from professional curators from the local arts community.

Maysoun has a long history as a dancer and is most inspired when dancing or watching other people dance. Although most of her college classmates would not know this due to the amount of time spent performing in dance concerts and taking dance classes, Maysoun received a BA in Art History from Bard College.