Dr Katharina Greven

Katharina Greven
Sarah Boellinger

Role

Postdoc, PHD

Institution/Country

University of Bayreuth, Iwalewahaus, Germany

Topic

The Pacific and the Indian Ocean – Threads of Modernist Movements in the Collection of the Iwalewahaus

Co-authors

  • Sarah Böllinger

Biography

Dr Katharina Greven is an art historian and curator with a focus on the contemporary and modern African art. She studied fine arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and social linguistics and art studies at the University of Bayreuth. Her main focus is sensual and inclusive knowledge production, intersectional feminism, modern and contemporary art, and decolonial practice as an ethical commitment.

Sarah Böllinger holds a MA in social and cultural anthropology. She is the director of the administrative department for disabled and chronically ill students at the University. Her research interests are Contemporary Arts East-Africa, Disability Studies, Curatorial Studies.