YOSHUA OKóN AND RUJEKO HOCKLEY ELECTED TO ART MATTERS BOARD
Yoshua Okón, an artist based in Mexico City, and Rujeko Hockley, an assistant curator of contemporary art at the Brooklyn Museum, have been elected as new board members of artist grant foundation Art Matters.
Director of Art Matters Sacha Yanow states “Ru and Yoshua each bring unique perspectives and experience to our work and we’re thrilled to welcome them into the leadership of this organization.”
Hockley started at the Brooklyn Museum in 2012. Some of the exhibitions she helped organize there include “The Bruce High Quality Foundation: Ode to Joy, 2001-2013,” 2013, and “Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic,” 2015. Okón, an Art Matters grantee, has had solo exhibitions in Milan, Paris, and Los Angeles, among other places. His work can also be found in the collections of the Hammer Museum and Tate Modern.
