Erika Mei Chua Holum

Erika Mei Chua Holum serves as the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Associate Curator at the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston since September 2022. Prior experience includes roles as a Communications Associate at the Terra Foundation for American Art and an Exhibitions Associate at the Chicago Public Library. Notable accomplishments include co-founding an educational program for Rohingyan youth in Malaysia as a Fulbright Grantee and curating Thania Petersen's I AM ROYAL series during the OBSCURA Festival of Photography. Erika holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History from Rice University, a Master of Library & Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Master of Arts in Museum and Exhibition Studies from the University of Illinois Chicago, along with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from Eureka College.