Eva Respini
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Eva Respini is a curator of contemporary art. She is currently the Barbara Lee Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and a lecturer at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.
Early life and education
Respini was born and raised in Europe, but has lived in the United States for over two decades. Her father is Italian and her mother is Norwegian. She has lived in Croatia (then Yugoslavia), France, Italy, and Switzerland.[1] She received a B.A. in Art History and M.A. in Modern Art and Critical Theory from Columbia University, and was a 2014 fellow at the Center for Curatorial Leadership.[2]
Career
Respini has worked with a range of contemporary artists over her two-decade-long career as a curator. She is currently the Barbara Lee Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, where she has been since 2015. Prior to the ICA, Respini was Curator at the Museum of Modern Art, where she organized contemporary art and photography exhibitions.[3]
At the ICA, Respini has curated solo presentations with artists including Firelei Báez (2021), Deana Lawson (2021), John Akomfrah (2019), Huma Bhabha (2019), and William Forsythe (2018), as well as thematic exhibitions such as When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art (2019) and Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today (2018). At the Museum of Modern Art, her noteworthy exhibitions include retrospectives of Walid Raad (2015) and Cindy Sherman (2012).[4][5]
Respini is the co-commissioner and curator of the U.S. Pavilion's historic Simone Leigh exhibition for the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. Respini is also working with Leigh on her first museum survey exhibition, scheduled for 2023 at the ICA.[6][7][8]
In addition to her work as a curator, Respini teaches seminars on curating contemporary art at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. She is the author of many books and catalogues, and contributes magazine and journal articles on the topics of contemporary art and photography.[9]
External links
References
- ^ Burge, Kathleen (December 4, 2014). "ICA names Respini new chief curator - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ "Eva Respini - CCL Class of 2014". Center for Curatorial Leadership. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ Greenberger, Alex (2014-12-05). "ICA Boston Names Eva Respini Chief Curator". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ Eva Respini, retrieved 2022-01-27
- ^ "Visitors Series: Eva Respini". School of Art & Design. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ Sheets, Hilarie M. (2020-10-14). "Simone Leigh Is First Black Woman to Represent U.S. at Venice Biennale". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ Halperin, Julia (2022-04-21). "Not in Venice? Catch Works From Simone Leigh's Crowd-Favorite Pavilion When It Travels to Museums Across the U.S. Starting in 2023". Artnet News. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ^ 2022 Venice Biennale, retrieved 2022-06-07
- ^ "Eva Respini". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved 2022-01-27.