08/13/2026
Please join us in welcoming our new Board of Directors! 🤗
⭐ Asia Ruggiero, Board Chair
⭐ Owen Kosmala, Director
⭐ Zaza Wong, Director
⭐ Dylan Dae Shin, Director
⭐ Yasmeen Nematt Alla, Board Officer
⭐ Anthony Gebrehiwot, Board Officer
This team will be hard at work over the next year supporting Xpace’s operations and programming. 💪
Lastly, we’d like to thank our outgoing board members, Chloe Lorenzo (Chloe), Jasmine Liaw (JAS), and Kathleen Foran-Spragge (Kathleen) for their diligent work and steadfast commitment to Xpace over the past year. We 🫶 U!!!
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Swipe to learn more about our new Board 👉👉
Asia Ruggiero is a Toronto-based curator, artist, and arts worker. Her practice is interested in care, identity, memory, and creating meaningful connections through art. She studied Criticism and Curatorial Practice with a minor in Art and Social Change at OCAD University and has experience working across artist-run, curatorial, and collections-based spaces. As the Chair of Xpace’s Board of Directors, she is excited to support emerging artists and contribute to Toronto’s artist-run community.
Owen Kosmala is a Writer, Curator, and Artist born in Portland, United States now living and working in Tkaronto, Canada. As a recent OCADU graduate, he is excited to serve XPACE and its community.
Zaza Wong (she/they) is a practicing multidisciplinary artist, photographer, and curator. Born (2005) and raised in Hong Kong, now based in Tkaronto, Canada. Zaza is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Criticism and Curatorial Practices and a Minor in Photography at OCAD University. Zaza’s creative practice is their primary channel of communication, self exploration and expression; an alternative to using verbal or textual words. Through cross-disciplinary and conceptual approaches, their works revolve around uncovering and re-telling personal experiences. Story-telling becomes a crucial part in Zaza’s approach to curation as well.
Dylan Dae Shin (b. 2004, Toronto) is a Canadian visual artist working primarily in abstract painting and sculpture. Shin graduated with a BFA in Drawing and Painting from OCAD University, and his practice is Info
