Juliana Ribeiro da Silva Bevilacqua

Juliana Bevilacqua is an Associate Professor and Queen's National Scholar at Queen's University, affiliated with the Department of Art History and Art Conservation. Her work focuses on African and Afro-Brazilian art, colonial museum practices, and diaspora studies. She holds a PhD from the University of São Paulo and has extensive curatorial experience at institutions like the Museu Afro Brasil and Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP).

• Key Roles: Research Curator (Museu Afro Brasil, 2004-2014), Visiting Professor (Universidad de Los Andes, 2018)
• Education: PhD in Art History, University of São Paulo

Her research explores intersections between colonial museums, religious practices (e.g., Candomblé), and modernist movements in Bahia. She has curated exhibitions like Metáforas do vazio (2018) and authored influential works such as Homens de Ferro (2011) and África em Artes (2015).

She currently collaborates with the graduate program in Art History at Unicamp, supervising Master’s and PhD students while advancing scholarship on African and Afro-diasporic art.