Sharrissa Iqbal is associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the Palm Springs Art Museum (PSAM), specializing in twentieth-century American art with a focus on California abstraction. Iqbal holds a PhD in Visual Studies from the University of California, Irvine. Sharissa Iqbal has curated numerous special and permanent collection exhibitions and received a Getty Pacific Standard Time grant for research, publication, and exhibition for Particles and Waves: Southern California Abstraction and Science 1945-1990 (9/14/2024—2/23/2025, PSAM).