Press
April 2024, Canvas Rebel, “Meet Sadaf Padder”
October 2023, Artnet, “Curator and Advisor Sadaf Padder Celebrates Global Artists, Cherishes Her Grandmother’s Jhumka Earrings, and Dreams of Growing a Forest”
August 2023, The Washington Post, “Sadaf’s Winding Path”
May 2023, Cerebral Women Podcast, “A Conversation with Sadaf Padder”
November 2022, Hyperallergic, “Announcing the Recipients of the 2022-23 Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators”
November 2022, Create Magazine Podcast, “Grant-Writing Tips and Giving Back”
September 2021, Creatrix Magazine, “SPRING/BREAK” Rites of Passage
August 2021, ARTSY, “How Martha’s Vineyard Became a Thriving Hub for Black Artists and Galleries”
May 2021, News 12, “Cope NYC recruits artist to create masks, holds competition for children, teens”
September 2021, News 12, “The Drawing Exchange”
July 2020, Now This News, “This Face Mask's Sales Will Benefit The South Asian American Artist Community”
Publications
October 2023, Cultured Magazine, “Artist Melissa Joseph Uses an Unsung Medium—Felt—to Explore Big Ideas”
May 2023, Artsy, “Curator’s Choice: South Asian Artists Addressing Migration through New Artifacts”
April 2023, Hyperallergic, “Artists Reflect on Dalit History Month”
March 2023, Hyperallergic, “In Search of Inclusive South Asian Futurisms”
March 2023, Hyperallergic, “How Can a Curator Approach South Asian Futurisms?”
March 2023, Hyperallergic Digital Exhibition, “Coasting the Topography of South Asian Futurisms”
Winter 2023, Art Seen, “Creating South African folklore inspired by activism, flora, fauna and fatherhood: Sadaf Padder in conversation with Atang Tshikare”
September 2022, Sean Horton Presents exhibition essay for Nyugen Smith, “Bundlehouse: Just When You Thought It Was Safe”
Fall 2022, Art Seen, “A residency experience and a dream studio: Artist Sagarika Sundaram in Conversation with Sadaf Padder”
Spring 2022, Art Seen, “Dark Humor with a Dash of Fire: Sadaf Padder talks with Sanié Bokhari “
May 2022, ARTSY, “Bianca Nemelc Imagines the Arctic as a Place of Belonging”
March 2022, Sean Horton Presents exhibition essay for Madjeen Isaac, “Beyond the Mountains”
January 2022, Hyperallergic, “A Tale of Two Countries: Finding Indo-Caribbean Shakti in Colorado”
Spring 2021, Up Mag, “Staff 161: An OG of the Train Era”
September 2021, ARTSY, “Muslim Artists Re-Envisioning the Prayer Rug”
July 2019, Visual Aids, “Process”