kYLE hAMZA

lUMINATO gALLERY ART DIRECTOR 

Kyle Hamza, one of Luminato Gallery's Art Directors, is a seasoned executive leading two dynamic companies across Canada and the United States, with over a decade of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Armed with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and post-graduate certifications in pharmaceutical sciences, Kyle brings a strong scientific and regulatory foundation to his corporate ventures. His leadership has helped guide business growth, innovation and cross-border expansion within the highly complex healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors.

But Kyle’s story doesn’t end with science, it evolves through creativity. His journey into the world of art did not begin in a traditional art school, but rather among blueprints, development ventures, and engineering plans. The analytical rigor and problem-solving mindset ingrained in his background, particularly through structural engineering, laid the foundation for his artistic exploration. His keen understanding of how structures are built, how lines intersect and how materials interact with light and space has influenced his vision and deeply heartfelt passion for masters of fine art.

Today, Kyle seamlessly merges business acumen with artistic intuition. His evolving work champions a vision for a new generation of master artists those who, like him, draw from unexpected disciplines to create profound and timeless expressions of form, structure, and emotion.

iSABELLE SEGUI

lUMINATO gALLERY aRT CURATOR

Isabelle Segui is a passionate curator with a strong commitment to supporting contemporary artists and amplifying diverse voices. 

Graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Art History from the University of Toronto, Isabelle continued her academic career at York University, where she completed a Master’s degree in Art History and Visual Culture alongside a Curatorial Diploma. Her Master’s thesis, Liz Magor’s Blanket Series: The Hudson’s Bay Blanket and Canadian Material Identity, was recognized for its academic excellence. Isabelle was awarded the prestigious John Fleming Award in Decorative Arts Writing, and her thesis was published in Ornamentum Magazine, marking her work as a significant contribution to Canadian art historical discourse.

Over the span of four years, Isabelle’s experience as the Assistant Curator at Casa Loma in Toronto has established her as an intellectual force in curatorial studies and gallery direction, bridging theory and practice through deep and thoughtful exhibition curation. During her tenure, she led several artist-first initiatives, including Red Visions, the museum’s first contemporary art exhibition. The exhibition reimagined conventional exhibition practices by positioning Indigenous artistic voices in conversation with the museum’s colonial narratives. In the early stages of her career, Isabelle held a position in Waddington’s Inuit, First Nations and Metis Art Department. There, she developed a strong comprehension of the Canadian art market, an understanding that continues to inform her work today. 

Isabelle’s work at Luminato Gallery is fueled by a strong knowledge of contemporary art and a passion for artistic innovation. Her curatorial practice seeks to foster creative perspectives while ensuring the complexity, nuance and beauty of each artwork are honoured and well presented.   

rANA kHATTAB

lUMINATO gALLERY aRT SPECIALIST 

Rana Khattab is a multidisciplinary designer and curator whose work bridges interior design, visual culture, and curatorial practice. With a Bachelor's degree in Interior Design with Magna Cum Laude and a Master's Degree with Merit from the University of Westminster in London, England, she brings both academic excellence and creative insight to her evolving practice. Recently, Rana has obtained her second Master's Degree in Art History and Visual Culture alongside a Curatorial Diploma at York University in Toronto. Her educational background enables her to construct meaningful engagement in contemporary artistic narratives.

Her multidisciplinary career bridges interior design and curatorial practice, shaped by global roles—from crafting immersive spaces at Bo Concept in London, England to defining brand experience at ToYou in Saudi Arabia. Her curatorial vision, rooted in aesthetic sensitivity and social relevance, has been recognized by leading Canadian institutions including the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and The Power Plant. In 2024, she co-curated Notes on the Body, an exhibition examining diaspora, femininity and embodied memory, while her collaborations with artists like Eric Chengyang exploring symbolic narratives and reimagining’s of Egyptian iconography through identity and gender-fluid lenses. These experiences have now informed her unique, striking style as an Art Specialist, where multicultural experiences, brand visibility, and communication converge.

Today, Rana’s passion for curatorial innovation and a desire for cultivating meaningful, transformative encounters with art is to elevate exhibition spaces into sites of dialogue, reflection and resonance, where cultural narratives are not only represented but reimagined.