Eungie Joo named SFMOMA's inaugural contemporary art curator
Eungie Joo is set to join the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art as its first contemporary art curator starting in June 2017, following the museum's recent reopening. Her role will involve organizing exhibitions and managing collection acquisitions across several areas, such as Painting and Sculpture, Photography, and Media Arts. Joo previously directed art and cultural projects at Instituto Inhotim in Brazil since 2012. Before that, she spent five years at the New Museum in New York, where she held the position of Keith Haring director and curated the 2012 Triennial, The Ungovernables. She also founded and curated the Gallery at REDCAT in Los Angeles from 2003 to 2007 and curated the 2015 Sharjah Biennial 12.
Key facts
- Eungie Joo appointed as SFMOMA's first curator of contemporary art
- Position is newly created at the recently reopened San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Joo starts in June 2017
- She will curate exhibitions and acquire works across museum departments
- Joo curated Sharjah Biennial 12 in 2015
- She was artistic director of the 5th Anyang Public Art Project in South Korea, opening October 2016
- She served as Keith Haring director and curator at New Museum from 2007 to 2012
- She founded and curated the Gallery at REDCAT in Los Angeles from 2003 to 2007
Entities
Artists
- Eungie Joo
- Keith Haring
Institutions
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- SFMOMA
- Sharjah Biennial
- Anyang Public Art Project
- New Museum
- Instituto Inhotim
- REDCAT
- Gallery at REDCAT
Locations
- San Francisco
- United States
- Sharjah
- United Arab Emirates
- Anyang
- South Korea
- New York
- Brazil
- Los Angeles