Kimia Maleki

Kimia is interested in historiography, archiving, and curatorial practice, especially as pertains to Iran. During her undergraduate studies at the University of the Arts in Tehran, she created the first comprehensive art students magazine (Gāhnāmeh Honar), and more recently, she completed an M.A. thesis at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago entitled “State of Art Archiving in Iran: Now & Then.” She curated an exhibition at the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries of the Art Institute of Chicago titled “Islamic Art at the Art Institute: A Century of Exhibitions and Acquisitions,” and “Sedentary Fragmentation,” in Heaven Gallery. She has also served as the head of archive and special collections at Stony Island Arts Bank, Intercultural Engagement coordinator at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and project assistant at the Persepolis Fortification Archive (ISAC) of the University of Chicago.