Raphaela Platow named new Curator at The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Mass.
Joseph D. Ketner, the Henry and Lois Foster Director at The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University has announced the appointment of Raphaela Platow as curator.
"Raphaela's breadth of experience in the international contemporary art world and her academic credentials make her an ideal curator for The Rose. She was an outstanding applicant from a highly qualified field of candidates for the position. We are thrilled to have her as a colleague and I look forward to working with her," said Joseph D. Ketner.
Raphaela Platow brings to The Rose extensive knowledge of contemporary art, nationally and internationally. She was a staff member of the 48th International Biennale di Venezia, where she was responsible for the installation of Rosemarie Trockel's exhibition at the German Pavilion. Before that, she worked as an adjunct curator for the Kunstforum München, a foundation in Munich that promotes emerging and established artists. There she organized the two-part exhibition, sur-face, showcasing the work of 11 artists from around the world. In addition, she curated a number of one person shows for the organization. Prior to that post, she was the manager of Projektraum Berlin, a non-profit art space in Berlin that sponsors site specific installations of established international artists.
Most recently, Raphaela Platow held the position of International Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) in Raleigh, N.C. Her curatorial leadership at CAM helped re-establish the museum as the region's "most risk-taking venue for contemporary art," according to one critic. Raphaela Platow joined CAM during its redevelopment and transition to a new facility. She curated and organized Art in Transition, a series of interrelated, thematic exhibitions in diverse media, which brought together artists from North Carolina and from around the world. At CAM she also organized various special events accompanying the exhibition, and a lecture series in conjunction with local universities.
Raphaela Platow says she is looking forward to the opportunity to "build on The Rose's vigorous and diverse programs of exhibitions, lectures and symposia, drawing international attention to the museum as a laboratory of ideas and a social place for exchange and discussions."
Raphaela Platow has published and contributed to a number of catalogue essays and is a contributing writer to Sculpture magazine, and Artpapers. She received her M.A. in art history, business administration and German literature from Humboldt University in Berlin. Her thesis analyzes Richard Serra's Torqued Ellipses in the context of his previous work and in comparison to Borromini's baroque church, San Carlo, Rome. She earned her B.A. at the Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, with a major in art history, and was a student at the University of Sorbonne, Paris.
Raphaela Platow is currently at work on her doctoral dissertation in the history of art at Humboldt University. She will assume her Rose responsibilities August 5, 2002.
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