Irene Sunwoo
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Irene Sunwoo is a curator and scholar working at the intersection of architecture, art, and design. Her curatorial projects center experimental practices and critical research, with an emphasis on new commissions, interdisciplinary inquiry, and innovative exhibition design. She is currently the John H. Bryan Chair and Curator of Architecture and Design at the Art Institute of Chicago. In this leadership role at the museum, she oversees the department’s exhibitions program and the strategic growth of the collection. She has curated solo exhibitions by Germane Barnes, Himali Singh Soin, and Jonathan Muecke, among other artists, and steered a comprehensive reinstallation and redesign of the Architecture and Design collection galleries, which opened in 2024.
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