Christine Starkman

Christine Starkman serves as the Curator of Asian Art at Toledo Museum of Art beginning September 2022 and holds the position of Fulbright Scholar Award in Korea to research and write a monograph on Bahc Yiso since June 2022. Starkman has extensive experience in curatorial roles, including Guest Curator and Author at Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston from October 2019, where Starkman curated the Pam Francis Photographs Exhibition, and as Curator of Contemporary Art at POST Houston since September 2018. Academic roles include Doctoral Student in History of Art at Rice University and Adjunct Lecturer in Asian Art at the University of Houston since August 2017. Previous positions also include guest curatorial roles at the Rubin Museum of Art, Worcester Art Museum, and adjunct faculty at the University of Saint Thomas. Starkman's education includes a PhD in Modern and Contemporary Art from Rice University and a Master's in Art and Architecture with a focus on Japan from the University of Illinois, alongside participation in the Getty Leadership Institute for museum leaders.