Artist and Founder of AMBOS

Tanya Aguiñiga was born in 1978 in San Diego, California, and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. An artist and craftsperson, Aguiñiga works with traditional craft materials like natural fibers and collaborates with other artists and activists to create sculptures, installations, performances, and community-based art projects. Drawing on her upbringing as a binational citizen, who daily crossed the border from Tijuana to San Diego for school, Aguiñiga’s work speaks of the artist’s experience of her divided identity and aspires to tell the larger and often invisible stories of the transnational community. She is the founder of AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides), an ongoing series of projects that provides a platform for binational artists. She was recently awarded the Latinx Art Forum: Latinx Artist Fellowship (2022), Heinz Award (2021), and American’s for the Arts Johnson Fellowship for Artists Transforming Communities (2018). Her work is in the collection of the Hammer Museum, LACMA, Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt and Renwick Museums, and the Museum of Art and Design among others.

Founder and Curator, Yiwei Gallery

Yiwei Lu is the founder of Yiwei Gallery in Los Angeles. She earned a BA in film production from Loyola Marymount University and a Master’s degree in Visual Anthropology from the University of Southern California. As an independent curator, she has successfully led curatorial projects internationally, spanning the United States, France, Italy, and China. In 2019, Yiwei established Yiwei Gallery, a dedicated space in Los Angeles aimed at showcasing artists from diverse backgrounds and fostering their artistic development. Alongside her curatorial responsibilities, Yiwei is also a filmmaker and writer, contributing over thirty articles to two reputable art magazines.

Director of Sales & Curation at Saatchi Art

Erin has over a decade of experience in fine arts. Erin is motivated by exceptional art and working with collectors to select pieces that inspire and elevate their spaces. She believes that art has the ability to inform, inspire, educate, and change how we view the world around us.

Global Fair Director at The Other Art Fair

Nicole Garton is Global Fair Director at The Other Art Fair, overseeing 12 live events annually across London, Sydney, Brooklyn, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles. She previously led marketing at Saatchi Art, where she was instrumental in the start-up’s transformation into the world’s leading online gallery. Following Saatchi Art’s acquisition of The Other Art Fair, she played a key role in the Fair’s US launch. Prior to joining Saatchi Art, Nicole worked in non-profit fund development, PR, and publishing, as well as in private and non-profit exhibition spaces, including the Santa Monica Museum of Art (now ICA-LA) and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE). She has over 10 years of experience working with emerging artists.