John Keenen

Founding Partner, Director

John Keenen founded the architecture firm K/R (Keenen/Riley) in 1984. He co-edited a forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Tony Smith’s architecture. He has been a professor at Harvard, Parsons School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, and University of Texas/Austin. Keenen is a former trustee of The Design Trust for Public Space, and is a three-time recipient of the Graham Foundation Grant. He studied History and Art History at Georgetown University and received his Masters of Architecture from Columbia University.

Joachim Pissarro

Founding Partner, Advisor

Dr. Pissarro served as curator of the Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Painting and Sculpture from 2003-2008. He was the Bershad Professor of Art History and Director of the Hunter College Galleries (New York) from 2007- 2023. He has held senior curatorial positions at the Kimbell Art Museum and Yale University Art Gallery. He studied Art History at the Sorbonne, the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and received his PhD from the University of Texas/Austin.

Terence Riley

(1951-2021) / Founding Partner

Terence Riley served as the Philip Johnson Chief Curator for Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) from 1992-1994. He played a lead role in architect selection, programming and design of Yoshio Taniguchi’s MoMA addition. He served as Director of the Miami Art Museum and led the team for the new waterfront Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) by Herzog & de Meuron. Riley studied Architecture at the University of Notre Dame and Columbia University. He was a partner with K/R for over 30 years.

Alma Egger

Senior Curator, Director of Research

Prior to joining Parallel, Alma Egger was Assistant Director at Sonnabend Gallery, New York. Together with Joachim Pissar­ro, she edited the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of Drawings by Camille Pissarro. She has worked on various research and curatorial projects, including programming for a future museum of Islamic Art in the Middle East. She has a Master’s in Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute of Art.

Gray Cameron

Associate, Strategy & Design

Gray Cameron is an art director based in Brooklyn, NY. He studied American History and Writing at the University of Texas/Austin. In 2021 he founded AKASpiffy, a private consultancy for arts initiatives.