Charlotte Bank

I am an art historian and independent curator, living and working between Berlin and Geneva. Until 2011 I was partly based in Damascus.

My work is focused on modern and contemporary artistic practice from the Middle East with a special emphasis on the independent contemporary art scene since 2000 in its global context. Another focus of my work is trancultural issues and how they are reflected in contemporary culture around the world. I curate exhibitions and video and film programs across Europe and the Middle East and I publish my writings regularly, mainly online. I am a member of the curatorial team of the Visual Arts Festival Damascus, an independent art festival launched in 2010 in Damascus that now exists as a nomadic platform for artistic exchange.

Since 2013 I am a member of the Sinergia research project “Other Modernities: Patrimony and Practices of Visual Expression Outside the West” at the University of Geneva.