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Amara Antilla

Amara Antilla is the Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati, where she is responsible for shaping the CAC’s robust exhibitions program. She has organized exhibitions and new commissions at the CAC with artists including Marwa Arsanios, Hellen Ascoli, Kahlil Robert Irving, Steffani Jemison, and Nora Turato, among others. Previously, Antilla worked at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, where she contributed to various monographic exhibitions including V.S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Painting as Life (2014); Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian: Infinite Possibility, Mirror Works and Drawings, 1974–2014 (2015); and Simone Leigh: Loophole of Retreat (2019). Antilla was also involved with the acquisition, research, and exhibition program of the MAP Global Art Initiative (2012-2018). Independently, Antilla has organized programs, performances, and exhibitions in partnership with the Dhaka Art Summit; Northern Spark; and Kunstraum Kreuzberg, among others. Antilla studied art history at Tufts University; the Museum School; and Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY).