ArtAboveReality

Badir McCleary is an independent curator, consultant, arts writer, and photographer whose work examines how artists create, survive, and circulate within contemporary cultural systems. Based in Los Angeles, his practice integrates curatorial research, historical recovery, market analysis, and documentation, with a sustained focus on artists and communities historically excluded from institutional narratives. He holds a Master’s degree in Arts Business and Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art and a Bachelor’s degree in Internet Computing from Cabrini University. This combined background informs his systems-oriented approach to cultural production, advisory work, and arts education. In 2015, he