Ort Gallery Team
Aaisha Akhtar
Artistic Lead
Aaisha works closely with artists and creatives, supporting them in their professional development and artistic practice via Warmth. She oversees all aspects of programming including but not limited to curating our exhibitions programme as well as Hayati - a Muslim-centred open mic event in Birmingham showcasing poets and performers from within the community.
Her interests include anti-colonial / alternative and care-centred approaches to making, producing, and engaging with art and literature; as well as pop culture, the gaze, disability, language, love, and emotion.
Community Enabler & Creative Community Lead
Eliza, also known as Khawlah, is an international author and founder of the community organisation SISTERS' PROJECT, supporting and empowering female led households. At Ort Gallery she supports the Creative Community project.
gabriella eeles
Board of Directors
Gabriella is an ACA qualified accountant who helps businesses and management teams to grow and make strategic decisions. She is passionate about the arts and prior to becoming an accountant was a professional musician. At Ort Gallery, Gabriella advises on finance and strategy.
Hannah Adereti
Board of Directors
Hannah Adereti is a Non-Binary academic and artist of Jamaican and Nigerian heritage. Their research centres Black identities, queerness, alternative ethnography, radio, photography, documentary film making and archiving. In 2019 they created a documentary, “Safe Spaces: Brown, Queer and Muslim” where they explored their interest in intersectional queer identity and the safety of compartmentalisation.
Josephine Reichert
People & Organisation Development (Job Share), Board of Directors
Josie is a Curator and Producer of Visual Arts. Co-founder of Ort Cafe and founder of Ort Gallery.
Workshop Facilitator and Artist
Samantha is a local ceramic artist with 20 years creative teaching experience, working with children, families and adults. Her most recent projects have been in collaboration with mental health charities, designing and delivering bespoke art projects. At Ort she facilitates Family Art Workshops.
Sampira Al-Fihri
Board of Directors
Sampira is a horror producer and curator based in Birmingham. Her work centers around unheard voices and communities in horror and takes the form of immersive exhibitions that intersect visual art, grime, hip hop and film. She also works as a consultant and project officer with Inc Arts, who pioneer racial and disability equality in the arts.
Sarah Lopez
People & Organisation Development (Job Share), Board of Directors
Sarah is a Birmingham based Community Coordinator who creates engagement programmes and workshops. She really enjoys work that empowers marginalised groups such as the LGBT and Black community. She's also a creative, her artistry includes photography, performance and songwriting.
At Ort Sarah is leading the Warmth work.