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Dr. Vera Mey is a Lecturer in Art Curating at the Department of History of Art, University of York. She previously served as Guest Professor at Städelschule, Frankfurt (2022/2023) and held curatorial roles at institutions like the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore. Her research focuses on Southeast Asian art during the Cold War, interrogating modernity, tradition, and racial dynamics within regionalism. She co-founded the journal Southeast of Now and has organized major exhibitions, including SUNSHOWER in Tokyo (2017). Currently, she is Co-Artistic Director of the 2024 Busan Biennale and developing projects on anticapitalism and Buddhist enlightenment in South Korea.
Education:
- PhD in Art History (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Key Research Interests:
- Critical regionalism and decolonial aesthetics
- Intersections of Asian and African liberation movements
- Pirate Enlightenment and anticapitalist art practices
Curatorial Work:
- Exhibitions in Bangkok, Berlin, New Zealand, Paris, Phnom Penh, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo
- Co-curator of SUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now
Awards:
- Getty Foundation scholar for Ambitious Alignments (2015–2016) and Art Schools of Asia (2016)
Teaching & Leadership:
- Guest professorships and courses on curatorial practices at Elam School of Fine Arts (Auckland), Victoria University of Wellington, Central St. Martins (London), and SOAS
- Leading the Residencies Programme at NTU CCA Singapore
Future Projects:
- Exhibition Spectres of Bandung: A Political Imagination of Asia Africa (Gropius-Bau Berlin, 2024)
- Busan Biennale 2024 exploring Pirate Enlightenment and Buddhist enlightenment
