Satyam Yadav (he/him) is an independent researcher and curator from New Delhi, currently based in London. He is interested in the political economy of contemporary arts and art infrastructures, alongside visual cultures of health, labour and sexuality in relation to wider biopolitical histories of South Asia, and its diasporic contexts. He holds a MA in Gender Studies from Ambedkar University Delhi, and a BA (Hons) in History from Ramjas College, University of Delhi. He has worked as a writer, and researcher with several art institutions and universities, alongside independently working with artists.
Important curatorial projects include Lateral B(l)inds at the India Art Fair, New Delhi, 2024; Natura Urbana, at the Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi, 2023; Ways of Our Lives, as a part of IMMERSE fellowship at Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai, 2023; Digital Lives of Women, Museum of Rape Threat and Sexism, Khuli Khirkee, New Delhi, 2022, and Embodied Encounters, at the Ram Chhatpar Shilp Nyas, Varanasi, 2022. Satyam has presented his research at multiple universities, alongside contributing texts for several periodicals, and exhibition catalogues.
He is currently the 2024-25 curatorial fellow at New Curators, London, and a researcher in Art and Curatorial Practice at The New Centre for Research and Practice.
