Ana Paula Cohen is an independent curator, editor, and writer. She is the founder and chair of the post-graduation program in Curatorial Studies and Practice, and a professor at the post-graduation program in Contemporary Artistic Practices, both in FAAP ? Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, São Paulo. Cohen was the curator-in-residence at the Center for Curatorial Studies ? Bard College, NY, the co-curator for the 28th Bienal de São Paulo, and the co-curator of the Encuentro Internacional de Medellín 07 (Colombia). She was a visiting professor at the California College of the Arts ? CCA, San Francisco (2011-2013), the co-director of PIESP, an independent program for artists and curators in São Paulo (2013-2014), and the director of the Program Bolsa Pampulha, at Museu da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte (2010-2011). Cohen was the co-founder and director of the project Istmo ? flexible archive, in São Paulo (2004-2007) and assistant curator at the Kunstverein München, in Germany (2003), and at the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (2000-2002). She has curated several exhibitions such as "On Cohabitation: Films by Yael Bartana" (The Banff Centre, Canada); "Embodied Archeology of Architecture and Landscape" (Tel Aviv Museum); Living Under the Same Roof: The Marieluise Hessel Collection and the Center for Curatorial Studies (Hessel Museum of Art, NY), "Cildo Meireles ? inserciones en circuitos ideologicos" (Museu de Antioquia, Medellín); "Telling Histories ? an Archive and Three Case Studies ? with Contributions by Mabe Bethônico and Liam Gillick" (Kunstverein München, Munich). She has collaborated with international art magazines such as Frieze, Art Nexus, Exit Express and Mousse Magazine, and writes for art publications on the work of artists such as Mabe Bethônico, Yael Bartana, Lygia Clark, Yehudit Sasportas, Renata Lucas, Goldin & Senneby, Erick Beltrán and Cildo Meireles. Her PhD was writen at the Núcleo de Estudos da Subjetividade (PUC, São Paulo), advised by Suely Rolnik, and entitled: "Reconstituição de um corpo de obra: arte, vida, museus e os diferentes modos de habitá-los" [Reconstitution of a Body of Work: Art, Life, Museums and the Different Modes of Inhabiting Them].
Ana Paula Cohen é curadora independente, editora e escritora. É fundadora e coordenadora da pós-graduação em Estudos e Práticas Curatoriais, e professora da pós-graduação em Práticas Artísticas Contemporâneas, na FAAP, em São Paulo. Foi curadora residente no Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, em Nova York, co-curadora da 28ª Bienal de São Paulo, e co-curadora do Encuentro Internacional de Medellín, na Colômbia. Cohen foi professora visitante no mestrado do California College of the Arts, em San Francisco (2011-2013), diretora do Programa Bolsa Pampulha, em Belo Horizonte (2010-2011), e co-diretora do PIESP ? Programa Independente da Escola São Paulo (2013-2014). Foi co-fundadora e diretora do projeto Istmo ? arquivo flexível, em São Paulo (2004-2007), e curadora assistente no Kunstverein München, na Alemanha (2003) e no Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (2000-2002). Curou diversas exposições, entre elas: "On Cohabitation: Films by Yael Bartana" (The Banff Centre, Canada); "Embodied Archeology of Architecture and Landscape" (Tel Aviv Museum); "Living Under the Same Roof: The Marieluise Hessel Collection and the Center for Curatorial Studies" (Hessel Museum of Art, NY), "Cildo Meireles ? inserciones en circuitos ideologicos" (Museu de Antioquia, Medellín); "Telling Histories ? an Archive and Three Case Studies ? with Contributions by Mabe Bethônico and Liam Gillick" (Kunstverein München, Munique). Colabora com revistas especializadas em arte contemporânea como Frieze, Art Nexus, Exit Express, e Mousse Magazine, além de publicar ensaios sobre o trabalho de artistas como Mabe Bethônico, Yael Bartana, Lygia Clark, Yehudit Sasportas, Renata Lucas, Goldin & Senneby, Erick Beltrán e Cildo Meireles. É doutora pelo Núcleo de Estudos da Subjetividade, PUC-SP, com orientação de Suely Rolnik, e tese intitulada: "Reconstituição de um corpo de obra: arte, vida, museus e os diferentes modos de habitá-los".
