Name: Sarena Abdullah

Title: Associate Professor of Art History, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Location: Malaysia

Pronouns: She/Her

Email address: sarena.abdullah@gmail.com

Languages: Malay, English

Areas of research: Malaysia Art History

Biography: Sarena Abdullah, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Art History at Universiti Sains Malaysia. She received the prestigious London, Asia Research Award in 2017 and multiple CAA-Getty Travel Grants from 2016 to 2019. Abdullah authored "Malaysian Art since the 1990s: Postmodern Situation" (2018) and "Seni Lukis di Malaysia sejak Tahun 1990-an: Situasi Pascamoden" (2023) while co-editing "Ambitious Alignments: New Histories of Southeast Asian Art 1945-1990" (2018). Her extensive writings on Malaysian art are featured in renowned academic journals including TRaNS, Southeast of Now, and Wacana Seni among others. She currently serves as the editor of Berita, a bulletin affiliated with the Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei (MSB) Studies group under the Association of Asian Studies (AAS). Moreover, she is the Chair of the International Committee of the College Arts Association (CAA) (2024).