Ikram Lakhdhar is a transnational art curator and critic based in Los Angeles and Tunis. Using a specific lens of arts politics, her practice seeks to decolonize the art history canon disrupting the boundaries of euro-centric arts institutions. Including her recent program at the Getty Museum; “The sound of your voice is home” in conversation with Yemeni artist Yasmine Diaz, as well as her exhibitions “Moments of Freedom” Revolutionary Art from China, South Africa, and Tunisia” and "Water/ماء: Trespassing Liquid Highways," highlighting the entanglements of race, gender, climate, and migrations.
Lakhdhar is the Co-Founder of Dirt, a writing collective and platform for art critique and accessibility in the arts, where she organized programs with Sadie Barnette, the Women's Museum, and Common Field Convening.
Lakhdhar’s writing appears in critical publications such as The Chart and Arts.Black. She has presented and held talks globally including B7L9, the Jerusalem Fund, and Washington Project for the Arts, amongst others.
She holds an M.A. in Arts Politics from New York University Tisch School of the Arts and a B.A. in Museum Studies and International Relations from Connecticut College, and has been awarded prestigious curatorial fellowships in Malta, Stockholm, Johannesburg, and New Zealand.