The ARAK Collection announces Aleesha Suleman as a recipient of its 2026 Curatorial Fellowship.

The ARAK Collection announces Aleesha Suleman as a recipient of its 2026 Curatorial Fellowship.

Suleman is a Kenyan-Indian cultural practitioner, writer, and curator from Kenya, Mombasa, based in Qatar,Doha. Her research-driven practice explores questions of identity, memory, and place through postcolonial, class, and subaltern frameworks, with a particular focus on East Africa, the Indian Ocean, and global diasporic formations. Working across exhibition-making, writing, and community-led enquiry, she examines how historical power structures continue to shape visual culture and modes of cultural production.

She currently works as an Exhibitions Project Manager at the Museum of Islamic Art under Qatar Museums, where she has contributed to major exhibitions including presentations of works by Ara Güler and installations by Yayoi Kusama.

Suleman holds an MA in Museum and Gallery Practice (Distinction) from University College London, and a BS in Foreign Service (Honours) from Georgetown University.

For the ARAK Collection Fellowship, Suleman will develop a curatorial project focused on the Tingatinga school.

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