Fawz Kabra

Fawz Kabra serves as Visiting Faculty at Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS) and is an alumna of the institution (2013). A New York-based curator and writer, she co-founded Brief Histories—a gallery and publishing initiative on the Lower East Side—where she has curated exhibitions featuring artists including Marwa Arsanios, Jumana Manna, and Ali Eyal.

Her research and professional focus spans:

• Contemporary Art Curation
• Art-Human Rights Intersections
• Critical Art Writing
• Artist Publication Production
• Postcolonial Art Practices

Notable projects include the group exhibitions Inheritance (2022) and 4.5 Billion Years (2023) at Brief Histories, and CCS Bard's No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects (2017), for which she edited the catalog featuring Barjeel Art Foundation works. Her editorial leadership extends to Through the Ruins: Talks on Human Rights and the Arts 1 (2023), the inaugural volume of Bard's Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

Kabra's critical writing appears in Art Papers, Ocula, Brooklyn Rail, and Ibraaz. She has held visiting critic roles at Parsons, School of Visual Arts, and Transart Institute, building on prior experience as Symposia Director for Global Art Forum 13 (Dubai) and The Armory Show Focus (New York).