People

Our Director – Saloni Doshi

Born in 1979, Saloni is an art patron and collector of contemporary, tribal, aboriginal art from India and the subcontinent. Saloni grew up in New Delhi where she went to school at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya. She graduated with a double honors degree in Politics and Economics at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, a Post Graduate Diploma in Social Communications Media at the Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai, and then moved on to pursue her Master’s in Media and Communication at the London School of Economics, London. She also has a Diploma in Art Criticism and Theory (ACT) and Indian Art Aesthetics from Jnanapravaha, Mumbai.

In 2009, she decided to develop a part of her warehouse space in South Mumbai into Artist Studios and Residencies to give to the artists’ community something that was lacking and much required in the city – Space118. An avid reader and photographer, Saloni also wrote for the Arts and Culture pages of TOI. She was the Founder Chairperson of the Bombay Chapter of Young FICCI Ladies Organization (YFLO) and the past Chairperson for the London School of Economics Alumni in Bombay, which she ran for 10 years. In 2016, Saloni was also awarded the prestigious ArtThinkSouthAsia (ATSA) Fellowship sponsored by Khoj, British Council, and the Goethe Institute. She has curated three shows: Making Space: Celebrating 10 years of Space118 in 2019, All is Not Lost 20:20:20 in 2020 at Sakshi Gallery, and All That is Life in 2021 at Space118. Saloni has moderated several discussions on art residencies and art collecting and is currently writing her book on “Mapping Residencies in India”.

Jyothi Elza George

Jyothi Elza George is the Program Manager at Space 118. She holds a Master’s degree in Ancient Indian Culture, History, and Archaeology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. She formerly worked as Outreach Officer of Kerala Museum, Kochi working broadly in the area of audience engagements and the Google Arts & Culture digitisation project of the Museum Collection. She started her career as Projects Coordinator at Anupam Heritage Lab (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai monitoring Art Conservation and Restoration projects of the institution. She considers herself a forever learner, eager to implement effective strategies to achieve her goals and continues to explore the many facets of arts management.

Nisha Syed

Nisha Syed is a history, heritage and art enthusiast. She has completed her B.A. in History from Wilson College, Mumbai and M.A in History (Medieval) from MS University, Baroda. She has worked as a Summer Intern at the CSMVS Museum, Mumbai. She has also conducted a heritage walk in the ‘Walled City of Baroda’, in association with India Heritage Walks. She is an avid reader, writer and admirer of heritage structures.