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Christine Eyene
Christine Eyene is Guild Research Fellow – Contemporary
Art, at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). She is collaborating to
Making Histories Visible, an interdisciplinary visual art research project
based at UCLan's Centre for Contemporary Art led by Lubaina Himid MBE,
Professor of Contemporary Art. Working alongside Professor Himid and Research
Fellow Susan Walsh, her role consists in conducting and publishing
internationally leading research on the art of the Black Diaspora. It also
involves the development of innovative curatorial projects which investigate
how museums and collections can work collaboratively with
contemporary artists to address diverse audiences for visual art in
Britain.
As a curator, her exhibitions and collaborations include: Dak’Art
2012 – Biennale of Contemporary African Art; Photoquai 2011 – Biennial of World
Images; “Reflections on the Self – Five African Women Photographers”, Hayward
Touring exhibition (2011-2013); FOCUS – Contemporary Art Africa, Basel
(2010-2011).
She has contributed to various international publications including journals, exhibition catalogues, art books, and is visual arts co-editor of the journal Africultures.
She has contributed to various international publications including journals, exhibition catalogues, art books, and is visual arts co-editor of the journal Africultures.
Eyene is a member of Art Moves Africa Grants Selection
Committee (2012-2013) and Institut Français Visual Arts Commission. She is one of the nominators of the Visible Award and Prix Pictet 2013. She was
also member of jury of Dak'Art 2012, as well as the Fondation Blachère Prize
awarded at the Dak’Art Biennale in 2008 and 2010, and the Bamako Encounters in
2007 and 2009.
She is the recipient of a Curators Grant from the Foundation for Arts Initiatives.
She is the recipient of a Curators Grant from the Foundation for Arts Initiatives.
Read a curatorial statement here.
