Published 11 November 2024 in News
This month, we are pleased to have Dr. Christianna Bonin stepping into the spotlight to curate our monthly Art Picks from Afriart Gallery’s catalogues!
Dr. Christianna Bonin is an art educator, writer, and curator. She has nearly two decades of experience working with and advising art and academic institutions, artists, and galleries.
Her scholarship focuses on visual art practices from the mid nineteenth century to the present, in particular interactions between Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Her current projects revolve around cultural politics between the Soviet Union and newly independent nations in Africa and the Middle East after World War II. She is completing her first book, Soviet Orient: Art and Empire in Central Asia, 1900-75. She holds a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States, and currently is an Assistant Professor at The American University of Sharjah.