Eva Respini is a lecturer at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
10 Facts About Eva Respini
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Eva Respini's father is Italian and her mother is Norwegian.
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Eva Respini has lived in Croatia, France, Italy, and Switzerland.
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Eva Respini received a bachelor's degree in Art History and master's degree in Modern Art and Critical Theory from Columbia University, and was a 2014 fellow at the Center for Curatorial Leadership.
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Eva Respini is the Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Barbara Lee Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, where she has been since 2015.
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At the ICA, Eva Respini has curated solo presentations with artists including Firelei Baez, Deana Lawson, John Akomfrah, Huma Bhabha, and William Forsythe, as well as thematic exhibitions such as When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art and Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today.
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Eva Respini served as co-commissioner and curator of the US Pavilion's historic Simone Leigh exhibition for the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022.
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Eva Respini is working with Leigh on her first museum survey exhibition, scheduled for 2023 at the ICA.
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Eva Respini is the author of many books and catalogues, and contributes magazine and journal articles on the topics of contemporary art and photography.
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In 2017, Eva Respini served on the jury for the stand prizes of Frieze Art Fair.