Damini Kulkarni (b. Maharashtra, India) is an art curator and cultural mediator based in Paris. Since completing her master's thesis at IESA Art & Culture (2023) in Paris, she has been passionate about bringing a four-pillar approach to sustainability—cultural, social, economic, and environmental—in rural India.

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She began her career as a studio assistant at ZAGA Studio (Pune, 2018), then managed by Nachiket Prakash. Following internships at NFAI (Pune, 2019), TIFA Working Studios (Pune, 2019), she went on to pursue MBA in Contemporary Arts in Paris. Presently, she freelancers  at GALLERIA CONTINUA/Le Marais and Les Moulins. In December 2023, she co-founded TAK Contemporary, an initiative to promote Indian contemporary art in Europe and bring international artists to India.

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She also takes the time to continue as a Bharatnatyam dancer and create artworks.