Natasha Christia, Unaffiliated curator, writer and educator
Teaches photographic thinking, research, and tutors Master's Thesis
Natasha Christia is an unaffiliated curator, writer, educator, and photobook dealer. She holds a BA in Archaeology and History of Art (National Kapodistrian University of Athens), an MA in Modern Art and Film (University of Essex), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Publishing (University of Barcelona). Former art director of Kowasa Gallery (2005–2014) and member of Arqueologia del Punt de Vista (2009-2012), she has curated exhibitions in Spain, Greece, France, Austria, Mexico, Poland, Australia and Ireland. She regularly contributes essays for international publications, artists and exhibitions.
Shaped by an interdisciplinary background in archaeology, history, and film studies, my research explores the role of the photographic document in revisiting dominant narratives and ideological myths that shape visual culture, through the intersection of photography, film, archives, and the book form. My curatorial practice embraces re-reading, vulnerability, and performativity. I conceive exhibitions as dialectical fields of emotion and radical intimacy, that explore the material, virtual, and transmedia fluidity of artworks and foster transformative experiences.
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“I view teaching as a horizontal learning space for exchange and mutual growth, where we can experiment, take risks, and step outside comfort zones. My research covers aesthetics, visual narrative, image and text, project conceptualisation & development, writing, and research methodology, extending to book and exhibition formats. Through theory and practice, we rehearse real-world professional challenges. I place strong emphasis on teamwork and individual guidance adapted to each student’s needs, by using expanded reading lists, transmedia tools, and the photobook as key learning resources.”
