Ana Paula Cohen

Ana Paula is an independent curator, editor, and writer based in Brazil. She is currently a curator in residence at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Cohen served as co-curator for the 2007 project Encuentro Internacional de Medellín 07 in Colombia, in which she created, in collaboration with other artists and curators, a new center for contemporary art, La Casa del Encuentro; and she was the adjunct curator for the 28th São Paulo Bienal (2008). Cohen has been a contributor to several art magazines, including Frieze, ArtNexus, and Exit Express. She has also organized many conferences and lecture series, including “History as a Flexible Matter: Artistic Practices and New Systems of Reading” in 2008 for the São Paulo Bienal.