Derek Jenkins, Executive Director

executive@theinc.ca

Derek Jenkins (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist. His practice tends toward the handmade and the documentary, with an interest in labour, ecology, and technology. His films have screened widely, and he also makes work for the gallery setting. Derek was previously general manager and lab technician at Niagara Custom Lab, and he currently serves as Chair on the board of directors of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. He is from Arkansas and has lived in central Hamilton for over a decade.

Sanaa Hamayun, Artistic Director

programming@theinc.ca

Sanaa Humayun (she/her) is an artist, writer, & curator, with a practice that thinks about non-narrative story telling, the histories held within objects, and a softness for woven cloth. She is passionate about growing community through means of food, laughter, and an unapologetic love of gossip. Along with Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet, Sanaa co-organizes Making Space – a peer mentorship group for early-career BIPOC artists.

Sonali Menezes, Programming Coordinator

programmingcoordinator@theinc.ca

Sonali Menezes (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, writer and artist-educator. She has been most recently focused in zines, video and printmaking. Sonali makes art as a way to find meaning under the weight of capitalism and the unending anxiety of the climate crisis. Her zines live in personal and public zine libraries worldwide. https://sonali-menezes.com/

Paige Paton, Programming Assistant

galleryassistant@theinc.ca

Paige Paton (she/her) is an emerging self-taught artist whose practice encompasses film, video, sound, collage, and mixed media. Fusing analog lens-based processes and manipulation techniques with digital finessing and obfuscation, her visual practice ranges from concert photography to landscapes, documentary to abstraction, and experimental processes to multi-media. https://www.paigepaton.ca/ 

Jordyn Stewart, Chair

Jordyn Stewart (she/her) is an artist, educator and arts administrator. She received her MFA from the University of Waterloo and her BA from the University of Toronto, joint program with Sheridan College in Art & Art History. Her work has been programmed in spaces such as Art Museum, Hamilton Artists Inc., Trinity Square Video, Idea Exchange, and Gallery Stratford. She teaches in the Department of Visual Studies at The University of Toronto Mississauga and is living in Onguiaahra/Niagara. visit: www.jordynstewart.ca

Dianne Twombly, Treasurer

Dianne Twombly (she/her) is a Hamilton based artist currently completing a BFA at York University. A former social worker and post-secondary administrator, she has extensive experience in educational, non-profit and community-based programming. Dianne’s surreal mixed media and digital works explore themes of decay, transformation, and cycles of life, death and rebirth in both natural and constructed environments. She holds degrees (BA, MSW) from the University of Toronto, as well as a certificate in Dynamic Media from the Center for Electronic Art in San Francisco. Visit: diannetwombly.com

Alexandria Holm, Programming Chair

Alexandria Holm (she/her) is a Toronto based art historian and art advisor specializing in contemporary Canadian art. Previously, she has sat on the Special Events Committee at Hamilton Artist Inc. In her role as Programming Chair on the Board, she brings a decade of experience working in the arts and has held various roles in museums, artist-run centres, and commercial art galleries. Alexandria holds a BA in Art History with minors in Philosophy and Russian Studies from McGill University, and an MA in Art History and a diploma in Curatorial Practice from York University where her area of research focused on contemporary Canadian art and galleries, and Inuit art. Visit: alexandriaadvisory.com and follow ig: alexholm_

Suad Badri, Board Member

Suad Badri was born in Sudan, moved to Canada in 2014, as a refugee. She is active in Environmental Governance, with a focus on Sustainable Energy research. Since arriving in Hamilton, she works in community services; currently instructing SACHA’s sewing circle. Suad's heart is in social justice/ community development; and she finds peace in exploring African Folk Art.

Olga Kolotylo, Board Member

Olga Kolotylo (she/her) is a cultural worker and arts educator with experience in museums, universities, and non-profit arts organizations. Born in Ukraine, she works at the intersection of art and education and values collaboration, generosity and community engagement. Olga received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and a Master’s Degree in Art History with a Diploma in Curatorial Practice from York University. Currently, she works at the McMaster Museum of Art and volunteers for the Hamilton Literacy Council and the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts. Olga previously worked in the Education Department at Woodland Cultural Centre, as a writer for the Art Canada Institute, and collaborated with Mammalian Diving Reflex on socially-engaged art projects.

Žana Kozomora, Board Member

Žana Kozomora is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and arts administrator, with nearly a decade of supporting contemporary art programming with public galleries, university art galleries, artist-run, and grassroots organizations. Her recent curatorial projects include A scaffold with, against at the Art Museum, University of Toronto (2022), and At the far edge of worlds, featuring works from the collection of the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (2022). She holds a Master of Visual Studies - Curatorial Studies from the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Waterloo specializing in studio art. Kozomora was born in Sarajevo, BiH, and grew up in Kitchener, Ontario, the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples.