Ruba Katrib is a Syrian-American curator of contemporary art. She has served as Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at
MoMA PS1
MoMA PS1 is a contemporary art institution located in Court Square in the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City. In addition to its exhibitions, the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions performance series, th ...
since 2017.
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”, ArtNews, 2017. Accessed 11-21-2022. From 2012 until 2017, Katrib was Curator at
SculptureCenter
SculptureCenter is a not-for-profit, contemporary art museum located in Long Island City, Queens, New York City. It was founded in 1928 as "The Clay Club" by Dorothea Denslow. In 2013, SculptureCentre attracted around 13,000 visitors.
History
Fou ...
in New York.
Prior to this post, she worked first as Assistant Curator and then as Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami.
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MoMA PS1 Appoints Ruba Katrib Curator
” Artforum, 2017. She is best known for exhibitions highlighting women artists and global issues.
Early life and education
Katrib was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in Charleston, West Virginia. She is the first US-born child of Syrian immigrant parents.
Katrib holds degrees from the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which grew into the museum and ...
and the
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
Founded in 1990, the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) is an exhibition and research center dedicated to the study of art and exhibition practices from the 1960s to the present. The Center initiated its graduate program in 1994 ...
. In 2002, while a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she co-founde
ThreeWalls a residency and exhibition space.
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Ruba Katrib Named Curator at Sculpture Center
”ArtNews, 2012.
Career
From 2007 until 2012, Katrib worked at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami as Assistant Curator before being named Associate Curator.
Among the shows Katrib curated at MOCA were solo presentations by
Cory Arcangel
Cory Arcangel (born May 25, 1978) is an American post-conceptual artist who makes work in many different media, including drawing, music, video, performance art, and video game modifications, for which he is best known.
Arcangel often uses the ...
and
Claire Fontaine
''Claire Fontaine'' is a Feminism, feminist, conceptual artist, founded in Paris in 2004 by Tiqqun, Fulvia Carnevale and James Thornhill, an Italian-British artist duo who declared themselves her assistants. Since 2018 Claire Fontaine lives ...
(both 2010), and group exhibitions including ''The Possibility of an Island'' (2008) and ''Convention'' (2009). In 2011, she organized a symposium, “New Methods,” that looked at artist-run educational platforms in Latin America.
Katrib was awarded a curatorial fellowship from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in 2010 to support research for “New Methods”.
Katrib became Curator at SculptureCenter in New York in 2012.
At SculptureCenter, she curated the group exhibitions ''74 million million million tons'' (2018) (co-curated with
Lawrence Abu-Hamdan), ''The Eccentrics'' (2015), ''Puddle, pothole, portal'' (2014) (co-curated with
Camille Henrot
Camille Henrot (born 1978) is a French artist who lives and works in Paris and New York.
Biography
Henrot was born in 1978 in Paris, France. She attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs where she studied film animation and s ...
), ''Better Homes'' (2013), and ''A Disagreeable Object'' (2012); and solo shows of the work of
Carissa Rodriguez
Carissa Rodriguez (born 1970) is an American artist who lives and works in New York City.
Artistic practice
Rodriguez' work investigates the relationship of the material and social conditions through which art is produced, reproduced, and consu ...
(2018), Kelly Akashi, Sam Anderson,
Teresa Burga
María Teresa Burga Ruiz (1935 – 11 February 2021) was a multimedia artist whose conceptual art works during the late 1960s and 1970s position her as a precursor of media art, technology-based art, and installation art in Peru.
Early life and ...
,
Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC),
Nicola L.,
Charlotte Prodger
Charlotte Prodger (born 1974) is a British artist and film-maker who works with "moving image, printed image, sculpture and writing". Her films include ''Statics'' (2021), ''SaF05'' (2019), ''LHB'' (2017), ''Passing as a great grey owl'' (2017), ...
(all 2017),
Rochelle Goldberg Rochelle Goldberg (born 1984 in Vancouver, Canada) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Vancouver and Berlin. Goldberg is best known for her sculptural works that challenge the fixity of the art object. Composed of living, ephemeral, and ...
,
Aki Sasamoto,
Cosima von Bonin
Cosima von Bonin (born 1962) is a German contemporary artist. von Bonin's practice features the use of sculptures, textiles, sound, film and performances. von Bonin draws inspiration from the intellectual, artistic, and musical culture of her neigh ...
(all 2016),
Anthea Hamilton
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,
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook (born 1957) is a Thai artist who works primarily with film and video. She currently lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Early life and education
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook was born in Trat, Thailand, in 1957.
She received a F ...
, Magali Reus,
Gabriel Sierra
Gabriel Sierra (born 1975) is a Colombian contemporary artist. His work combines aspects of fine art, design, and architecture. Sierra lives in the capital city of Bogotá.
Biography
Gabriel Sierra was born in 1975 in San Juan Nepomuceno, Bol� ...
,
Michael E. Smith, Erika Verzutti (all 2015), David Douard, and
Jumana Manna (both 2014).
With Tom Eccles she co-curated ''Visitors'', a group exhibition of public art on Governors Island, New York in 2015.
In 2017, Katrib was named Curator at MoMA PS1.
At MoMA PS1 she has curated exhibitions such as ''Greater New York'' (2021), ''Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life'' (2021), ''Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991 - 2011'' (2019) (co-curated with Peter Eleey), the retrospective ''Simone Fattal: Works and Days'' (2019), and the solo shows of
Edgar Heap of Birds
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(2019), Karrabing Collective (2019), Fernando Palma Rodríguez, and Julia Phillips (2018).
In 2018, Katrib curated prominent group invitational exhibition
SITE Santa Fe
SITE Santa Fe (often referred to simply as SITE) is a nonprofit contemporary arts organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since its founding in 1995, SITE Santa Fe has presented 11 biennials, more than 90 contemporary art exhibitions, and wor ...
and was a curatorial advisor for the
Carnegie International
The Carnegie International is a North American exhibition of contemporary art from around the globe. It was first organized at the behest of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie on November 5, 1896 in Pittsburgh. Carnegie established th ...
.
In 2021, Katrib was promoted to Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at MoMA PS1 and curated MoMA PS1's Greater New York invitational group exhibition of artists based in New York.
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MoMA PS1 Gears Up for ‘Greater New York,’ With Busier New Director
��. ''New York Times'', 2020. She has served on the graduate committee at CCS Bard since 2017.
Katrib has contributed texts for a number of museum catalogues and periodicals including
Art in America
''Art in America'' is an illustrated monthly, international magazine concentrating on the contemporary art world in the United States, including profiles of artists and genres, updates about art movements, show reviews and event schedules. It i ...
,
Artforum
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, Cura Magazine, Kaleidoscope, Parkett, and Mousse. Her work is often concerned with diasporic and marginalized discourses in 21st-century artistic practices and the art world generally.
List of Exhibitions
MoMA PS1, New York, 2017 – present
Group Exhibitions
*
Greater New York', 2021
*
Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991 - 2011', co-curated with Peter Eleey, 2019
= Monographic Exhibitions
=
*
Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally', 2022
*
Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life', 2021
*
Simone Fattal: Works and Days', 2019
*
Edgar Heap of Birds: Surviving Active Shooter Custer', 2019
*
Julia Phillips: Failure Detection', 2018
*
Fernando Palma Rodriguez: In Ixtli in Yollotl, We the People', 2018
SculptureCenter, New York, 2012 – 2017
Group Exhibitions
*
74 million million million tons', co-curated with Lawrence Abu-Hamdan, 2017
*
The Eccentrics', 2015
*
Puddle, pothole, portal', co-curated with Camille Henrot, 2014
*
Better Homes', 2013
*
A Disagreeable Object', 2012
Monographic Exhibitions
*
Carissa Rodriguez: The Maid', 2018
*
Kelly Akashi: Long Exposure', 2017
''Sam Anderson: The Park'' 2017
*
Teresa Burga: Mano Mal Dibujada', 2017
*
Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC)', 2017
*
Nicola L.: Works, 1968 to the Present', 2017
*
Charlotte Prodger: Subtotal', 2017
*
Rochelle Goldberg: The Plastic Thirsty', 2016
*
Aki Sasamoto: Delicate Cycle', 2016
*
Cosima von Bonin: Who's Exploiting Who in the Deep Sea?', 2016
*
Anthea Hamilton: Cigarette Pipes', 2015
*
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook', 2015
''Magali Reus: Spring for a Ground'' 2015
*
Gabriel Sierra: Numbers in a Room', 2015
*
Michael E. Smith: -', 2015
*
Erika Verzutti: Swan with Stage', 2015
''David Douard: )juicy o'f the nest.'' 2014
*
Jumana Manna: Menace of Origins', 2014
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, 2007 – 2012
Group Exhibitions
*
The Reach of Realism', 2010
*
Convention', 2009
* ''The Possibility of an Island'', 2008
*
Dark Continents', 2008
Monographic Exhibitions
*
Cory Arcangel: The Sharper Image', 2010
*
Claire Fontaine: Economies', 2010
Select Publications
* “Bettina: Photographs and Works by Bettina Grossman.” Aperture, 2022.
* “Erika Verzutti: The Indiscipline of Sculpture.” KMEC Books/MASP, 2022.
* ''Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life''. MoMA PS1, 2021.
* “Neïl Beloufa: People Love War Data & Travels.” After 8 Books, 2021
* “Leidy Churchman: Crocodile.” Dancing Foxes, Hessel Museum, Bard College, 2019.
* “Molecular Sculpture.” Art in America, 2017.
* “New Methods.” Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, 2013.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Charleston, West Virginia
American women curators
American curators