Sharmini Pereira is an independent curator and publisher. She is the director and founder of Raking Leaves, a nonprofit independent publishing organization. In 2011 she was the international guest curator of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize and in 2006 she co-curated the 1st Singapore Biennale. She has written extensively on contemporary Asian art and spoken at many international conferences. Pereira lives and works in the UK and Sri Lanka.
Following the widespread popularity and success of PROJECT 35, ICI is collaborating with 35 more international curators to produce PROJECT 35 VOLUME 2. This program of single-channel videos is selected by 35 international curators who each chose one work from an artist they think is important for audiences around the world to experience today.