Dr. Livia Alexander

Dr. Livia Alexander is a Brooklyn-based curator, writer, and Professor of Visual Studies at Montclair State University. Her work spans global perspectives on modern and contemporary visual art, cinema, and expanded media, with a focus on Southwest Asia and North Africa. She is the Curator of the Expanded Media section at the upcoming 2026 Addis Video Festival and has organized exhibitions and film programs at renowned venues such as the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and the Brooklyn Museum. Most recently, she curated the digital screens program at Moynihan Train Station in New York City and served as Chief Curator of the Saudi Film Commission’s Film Criticism Forum.

 Alexander is a frequent consultant to a variety of art organizations and galleries, including Future City, Tirana Open, Residency Unlimited, Sapar Contemporary, Al Riwaq Art Space, New Rochelle BID, Asian Contemporary Art Week, and the Art & Patronage Summit. She has  set up and run artist residencies worldwide and lectures extensively on professional practice for artists. Alexander is the co-founder of ArteEast, a non-profit organization established in 2003 to support and promote artists from the Middle East, North Africa and its diasporas, which she directed until 2013.

 Alexander recently completed a Higher Education Academic Leadership Fellowship at Montclair State and a Visiting Scholar appointment at NYU’s Game Center, where she began developing an engine aimed at innovating higher education through customizable immersive media and game-based learning tools, a project she continues to lead. Her award-winning writing about film, art and expanded media appears in Third Text, MERIP, and other publications.Dr. Alexander holds a Ph.D. from New York University in Cinema and Middle East Studies and teaches art criticism and theory, design thinking, visual culture and professional practice at Montclair State University.

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