Artist Registry
The White Columns Curated Artist Registry is an online platform for emerging and under-recognized artists to share images and information about their respective practices. The Registry seeks to create a context for artists who have yet to benefit from wider critical, curatorial or commercial support. To be eligible, artists cannot be affiliated with a commercial gallery in New York City.
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Tasha Lutek
tashalutek.com / tashalutek@gmail.com
Tasha Lutek is a photography preservation specialist and artist based in Queens. Her work is often inspired by biographical events, taking a closer look at patterns of family trauma. In quarantine, she and Sean Spada started the social distancing show-and-tell show Show and Purell, in which participants are asked to share stories about objects they find significant–in an effort to give space to those who don’t typically consider themselves performers. Currently, she is the Photography Collection Specialist for the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), where she is responsible for maintaining physical and intellectual access to the museum's collection. Since 2021 she has been studying music and is the drummer in the bands Modern Flame and Patsys.
Education
2010 Ryerson University in conjunction with George Eastman Museum, MA Photographic Preservation and Collections Management
2005 Parsons School of Design, BFA Photography
2006 Eugene Lang College, BA Arts in Context
Group Shows and Screenings
2022 WE ARE THE MAP, residency and exhibition at Millenium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Show and Purell LIVE performance at City Reliquary, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Names of Stores and Other Stories film screening at Millenium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Tropes Gone Wild virtual exhibition at Humble Arts Foundation
2019 Street/Art exhibition at Push Gallery, Asheville, NC,
2010 6x6 exhibition at Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2009 12 Instances exhibition at Heist Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Brevity’s Rainbow exhibition at Cinders Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Dislocations: Music for a Picture exhibition at Yours Gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
2006 Parsons BFA Senior Show exhibition at Peer Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Professional Experience
2010-present Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- 2016-Present Photography Collection Specialist
- 2013-2015 Photography Senior Cataloguer
- 2010-2013 Photography Cataloguer
2019 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NJ
- Guest lecturer for undergraduate course Museum Professions
2017-18 Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
- Preservation Specialist for the Claire Falkenstein collection
2016 Powerhouse Books Portfolio Review, Brooklyn, NY
- Portfolio Reviewer
2014 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- Guest lecturer
2010 International Center of Photography, New York, NY
- Collections Intern
2008 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- Archives Intern and Visitor Services Assistant
2008 Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
- Teaching Assistant for undergraduate course History of Photography
Selected writing and Lectures
2021 Panelist for Photos by Kirk, Photographic Historical Society of Canada
2019 Postcards from Cuba, MoMA Magazine
2018 Imaging as Praxis: Catalouging, Housing, and Installing Lele Saveri’s The Newsstand, Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals
2010/2014 MoMA blog Inside/Out
2009 ICP blog Fans in a Flashbulb
2004 Tokion Magazine blog