Raél Jero Salley creates spaces that engage senses, minds, bodies, and feelings. Salley is a Professor in the History of Art, Design, and Visual Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland.; Founding Director of The Space for Creative Black Imagination, Inc.; Author of The Visual Dynamics of Art, Black Care, and Ethics (Routledge, 2025); Curator of Looking Rights: Exhibition (Johns Hopkins, Mellon, 2024); Co-Producer of The Juneteenth Institute (The Liverpool Biennale, UK; Howard University Art, 2023), and What Beautiful Space Tomorrow (The Broad Museum, LA, and The Centre for the less good idea, Johannesburg), and Making Art History Now (Yale University and La Biennale di Venezia, 2022), and Artist, War of the Roses (Gallery MOMO, South Africa, 2019). Salley’s research, curriculum design, and pedagogical practice operate across leading arts and academic institutions across the U.S., Europe, and Africa. www.raelsalley.studio.