Curator Celina Jeffery

Celina Jeffery is an art historian, curator and educator. She received a Ph.D. in Art History and Theory from the University of Essex (2002), is Associate Professor of Art History and Theory, and the Chair of the Visual Arts program at the University of Ottawa.

She is the co-editor (with Gregory Minissale) of 'Global and Local Art Histories' (2007) and the co-founder and editor of 'Drain Magazine: A Journal of Contemporary Art and Culture' (2004-Present). She has curated more than fifteen international exhibitions, including: Lines of Flight, at Hunter College, NYC, 2007; Afterglow (featuring Ghada Amer, Alfredo Jaar and Bill Viola, among others) in Lacoste, France, 2007; Wangechi Mutu: The Cinderella Curse at the ACA Gallery, Georgia, USA,; and Hold On, co-curated with Avantika Bawa at Gallery Maskara, Mumbai.

Her research interests include globalization, navigation and cartographies, the 'spiritual' experience in art, and the history and practice of curating. She is currently compiling the edited anthology The Artist as Curator, to be published by Intellect.