Caterina Stamou: Book Art Research Fellow at Center for Book Arts in New York

Caterina Stamou is 2023 Book Art Research Fellow at the Center for Book Arts in New York. Caterina will conduct on-site reserach at the Center for Book Arts which will later be presented in a public talk. Subsequently, the research will be published in Book Art Review, a magazine that promotes and strengthens book art criticism.

Center for Book Arts (CBA) is the oldest non profit dedicated to uplifting and furthering the book arts & book art through education, preservation, exhibition, art making, and community building. Through the Book Art Research Fellowship, researchers and scholars have the possibility to conduct research draws upon CBA’s unique collections of materials related to book art.

During the fellowship (16 – 28 October 2023), Caterina will develop part of her research on the poetics and politics of repair as manifested in the practices of contemporary artists and art publishing collectives. She will focus on the organization’s collection which includes fine art, exhibition catalogues and a reference collection, and she will visit community-based archives and art spaces.

Caterina Stamou is a curatorial SNF ARTWORKS Fellow (2022).