Victoria Camblin

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Victoria Camblin
NationalityAmerican
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  • Writer
  • editor
  • art historian
  • curator

Victoria Camblin is a writer, editor, art historian, and curator. [1] She is the former editor and artistic director of Art Papers , based in Atlanta, Georgia. [2] As of June 14, 2018, she is the executive editor of 032c in Berlin, Germany. [3]

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Life and career

Camblin attended Columbia University in New York, where she received a dual BA degree in philosophy and art history in 2006, and went on to complete a doctorate at the University of Cambridge. [4] [5] She is a recipient of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation fellowships, and was the 2009–2012 Leslie Wilson Major Scholar at Magdalene College, Cambridge. [1] Camblin's doctoral work centered on the avant-garde illustrated periodicals created in Paris during the Interwar period—specifically the editorial work of Georges Bataille and the publication Acéphale . [6]

Between 2006 and 2013, Camblin worked as editor of 032c , the English-language biannual magazine based in Berlin focusing on contemporary culture. [6] Following this, she served as editor for the online video platform Nowness , and has also contributed to a number of international arts publications, including Texte zur Kunst , Dazed , Interview , and Pin-Up . [4] [6] Some of her additional writing includes pieces on architecture in Atlanta in Art in America [7] and criticism for Artforum. [8]

Her curatorial projects include the 2016 Atlanta Biennial, curated alongside Daniel Fuller, Aaron Levi Garvey, and Gia Hamilton. [9]

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