Name: Jessamine Batario

Title: Linde Family Foundation Curator of Academic Engagement, Colby College Museum of Art

Location: Waterville, Maine, United States

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Email address: jbatario@colby.edu

Languages: English, Tagalog

Areas of research: Modern and contemporary art related to histories of imperialism

Biography: Dr. Jessamine Batario is an art historian, curator, and educator specializing in modern and contemporary art. Her research has been supported by the Teiger Foundation, Dedalus Foundation, and the Getty Research Institute, among others. Her writing appears in the Journal of Art Historiography, Different Visions, The Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere. She received her PhD in Art History from The University of Texas at Austin, and is currently an academic curator at the Colby College Museum of Art.