Sasha Okshteyn

Sasha Okshteyn is a creative producer with more than 12 years of experience and currently the associate director of artist programs at The Watermill Center on the East End of Long Island. Okshteyn specializes in live performance and public art. Her past work includes institutional collaborations with Performa, The Museum of Modern Art, Pace Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pioneer Works, Art Basel, and the Momentary. She has also collaborated with artists Madeline Hollander, Will Rawls, Adam Linder, Barbara Kruger, Tschabalala Self, Kevin Beasley, and Jacolby Satterwhite, among many other amazing minds. Okshteyn is the founder and artistic director of Beach Sessions, a pioneering performance series in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York. A native New Yorker, she received her B.A. in art history and dance from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and her M.A. in visual arts administration from New York University.