Gabrielle Sirkin is a strategic partnerships and program leader who turns brand objectives into meaningful impact across art, technology, and culture.

With nearly seven years managing Arts and Cultural Partnerships on Microsoft's Global Brand Team, she championed projects with institutions including the Natural History Museum London, Art Basel, The Hip Hop Museum, The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sport, and the Sol LeWitt Estate.

She began her career as Chief of Staff to renowned photographer Platon, producing editorial work featured in Time, Vanity Fair, Wired, GQ, and The Atlantic, as well as high-profile events and content with the World Economic Forum, Washington Speakers Bureau, and Netflix.

Her focus later shifted to producing immersive, cutting-edge experiences at Future of Storytelling, while simultaneously co-founding an art gallery in New York's East Village dedicated to emerging artists.

She now serves as Founding Program Director of Idle Hands, where she and Founder Linden Renz have built a new philanthropic arts organization and its flagship Incubation Award from the ground up.

Gabrielle works as an independent art advisor, curator, and brand builder between New York and Mexico City. She holds an MA in the History and Theory of Photography from Sotheby's Institute of Art, London.