Fara Abn
PhD Candidate, Visual Culture
| Degrees: | MA Visual Cultures e Practiche Curatoriali, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, BA in Progettazione Artistica per l'Impresa, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera |
As an international Ph.D. student (ABD) and art historian, Fara’s research is situated within one of the most cosmopolitan institutions of contemporary art, La Biennale di Venezia. Her research involves a comparative study of national participation, scrutinizing the display strategies, including artists’ selection processes, employed to advance nationalistic agendas and propaganda. Her interest also extends to exploring the role of the host organization (La Biennale di Venezia as an arts ‘foundation’) in shaping or allowing these practices in addition to the consequences of such international exposure for the artists involved.
Fara is also enrolled in Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Studies, and works at the Canada Council Art Bank where she curated Visual Echoes for Doors Open Ottawa 2024.
She has completed multiple curatorial projects, including Hyphen(-), which was exhibited at Gallery 101 artist-run center in April 2023. Her community involvement includes serving on the Board of Directors for Gallery 101, in addition to organizing Italian conversation sessions at Language Learning Resource Center, Carleton University. Fara’s areas of academic interest include the Venice Biennial, Curatorial Studies and Practice, Museum Studies
Recent and Upcoming Conference Presentations:
“The Middle East at the Venice Biennial” Paper presented at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting, Montreal, December 2021.
Courses Taught: ITAL 1010E Winter 2023TA Assignments: ITAL 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020, 3110, 4110 & FILM 1101