Staff profile

I am a PhD student in the Department of Geography at Durham University. My PhD research project investigates value formation in the contemporary art market in the domain of affect. Professor Ben Anderson and Professor Anna Secor supervise me.

My project addresses the gap in how value is formed through affects, focusing on the Euro-Asian landscape of global contemporary art space, which occupies nearly half of the international contemporary art market, based on transaction value. This practice-based project uses curatorial practice to research the affective dimension of value formation in the contemporary art market, taking a transdisciplinary approach between affective geographies, art-based projects, and cultural economies.

My curatorial practices are embedded and influenced by contemporary geography. My first curatorial project, "Landscape of One's Own", is curated based on the concept of Home with 11 international diaspora artists. I am ambitious about promoting contemporary geographical literature through visual arts. At other times, I am the founding director of London-based curatorial practice Vermillon & Partners, a multi-disciplinary practice devoted to exploring human geography through visual arts. My other interests include issues in climate change concerning the art business.I hold a BA in Fashion and Curation from the École Supérieure des Arts et Techniques de la Mode in Paris, an MA in Creative & Cultural Industries from Goldsmiths, University of London, and an MSc in Gender, Sexuality & Society from Birkbeck, University of London.

• Creative Geography, Cultural Geography, GeoHumanities, Art & Visual Culture, Economies of Affect, Feminist Geography, Creative Research Methods