Sonia Solicari
Sonia Solicari | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978[1] City of London |
| Occupation | Curator, Director of the Museum of the Home |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University College London, Royal Holloway University of London, King's College London, Bishop Stopford's School at Enfield[citation needed] |
Sonia Solicari is a British curator and museum director at Museum of the Home. Solicari has been the Director of the Museum of the Home, in Hoxton, London, since January 2017.[2][3][4][5] Solicari is also co-director of the Centre for Studies of Home, a partnership with Queen Mary, University of London and an international hub for research on the home, past, present and future.[6]
Biography
Early life and education
Solicari was born in London to Italian parents and grew up in Enfield, north London.[7][8]
Solicari completed her undergraduate studies in English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, followed by postgraduate degrees in Nineteenth-Century Studies at King's College London and Museum Studies at University College London.[7]
Career
Solicari began her career on the Victoria and Albert Museum's development programme for assistant curators, where she worked at the V&A for eight years as a curator of paintings and later ceramics and glass.[7][8][9]
Previously she was head of the Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London.[10][11] Here she curated the exhibition Victoriana: The Art of Revival in 2013.
Museum of the Home
In 2017, Solicari became Director of the Museum of the Home (formerly the Geffrye Museum of the Home) in Hoxton, east London. She succeeded David Dewing who had run the Museum for 25 years.[2]
As Director of the museum, Solicari has overseen an £18.1 million capital development project[12] to expand and transform the site. The restoration of the Grade I Listed museum buildings was overseen by architects Wright & Wright who created 80% more space for events, collections and exhibitions.[13]
Solicari also oversaw the rebranding of the museum, with the name changed to the Museum of the Home to better reflect the collections and to reflect the changes over time in the museum's focus.[14]
With Alison Blunt, Solicari is co-director of the Centre for Studies of Home, a collaboration with Queen Mary, University of London.[15]
References
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- ^ "Musesum [sic] of the Home: Meet the director Sonia Solicari".
- ^ "London design secrets from Shoreditch's Geffrye Museum director". 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Our Members - National Museum Directors' Council Website".
- ^ "Who we are".
- ^ a b c "A working life: the art gallery curator". the Guardian. 14 October 2011.
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Who we arewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Geffrye Museum reopening as Museum of the Home after £18m investment". 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Expanded buildings | New spaces | Refreshed Gardens | Museum of the Home". www.museumofthehome.org.uk.
- ^ ""The past has a lot to offer to contemporary debates", says Museum of the Home director". Dezeen. 16 December 2019.
- ^ "People". www.studiesofhome.qmul.ac.uk.