1. Beatriz Colomina was born on 1952 and is a Spanish-American architecture historian, theorist and curator.
14 Facts About Beatriz Colomina
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Beatriz Colomina is the founding director of the Program in Media and Modernity at Princeton University, the Howard Crosby Butler Professor of the History of Architecture and director of graduate studies in the School of Architecture.
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Beatriz Colomina has built a multifaceted career by working extensively under the forums of academia, publishing and exhibitions.
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Beatriz Colomina began her teaching at the age of 23, in Barcelona immediately after her graduation.
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Beatriz Colomina later moved to Princeton University in 1988 and continues teaching there.
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Beatriz Colomina has lectured at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, the Architectural Institute of Japan, Guggenheim in NY, the Center for Contemporary Art and Architecture in Stockholm, the DIA Art Foundation in NY, Tate Britain in London, Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, ETH in Zurich, Delft University, Bauhaus University in Weimar, Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Lebanese American University, University of Beirut, and Seoul University.
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Beatriz Colomina serves on the advisory board of several institutions.
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Beatriz Colomina was awarded the 2020 Ada Louise Huxtable Prize.
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Notable doctoral students of Beatriz Colomina's include architectural historian Joanna Merwood-Salisbury.
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Beatriz Colomina has written about architecture and the modern institutions of representation, particularly the printed media, photography, advertising, film and TV.
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Beatriz Colomina has authored numerous articles and has been on the editorial board of such periodicals as Assemblage, Daidalos, and Grey Room.
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Beatriz Colomina has curated, often in collaboration with her students, a number of international exhibitions.
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Beatriz Colomina exhibited an installation at the inaugural biennale of Architecture and Urbanism in Seoul in 2017.
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Beatriz Colomina is married to New Zealand born architect and author Mark Wigley, who has collaborated with her on several occasions.