Themes in Latin American Art with Tie Jojima

The Phillips Collection’s Living Room is a series of intimate conversations featuring artists, authors, curators, collectors, and museum professionals. These programs offer rare opportunities to engage in discussions that connect the museum’s collection with broader dialogues.

Join Tie Jojima, The Phillips Collection’s Global Contemporary Art Curator, for an intimate conversation in the galleries exploring the significance of Latin American and Latinx artists in shaping contemporary art conversations.

About Tie Jojima

Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, Tie (pronounced Tchee-eh) Jojima is a respected Asian-Latin American curator, art historian, and educator, specializing in modern and contemporary Latin American art, with additional training in the history of photography. Jojima comes to the Phillips from the Americas Society in New York, where she served as an associate curator and exhibitions manager. At the Americas Society, Jojima co-curated the exhibitions The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean, El Dorado: Myths of Gold (2023–24, listed in the New York Times “Best Art of 2024”), Deep Marajó (2023), and Geles Cabrera: Museo Escultórico (2022). Previously, Jojima taught art history at Baruch College and San Francisco State University, and served as a curatorial assistant at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. 

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