Julia DeFabo is a curator and arts administrator whose research is centred on cross-cultural exchange and post-colonialism. She holds an MA from SOAS University of London and a BA from Bard College, where her research was awarded the Social Studies Departmental Prize. She has worked with galleries in the US and the UK and has contributed to projects, publications, and exhibitions with organisations such as the Smithsonian Institution, the Dak’Art Biennale, the Neue Galerie der Tiroler Künstlerschaft and the Rencontres d’Arles. She is the curatorial lead for Africa Soft Power’s new Climate Change Photo Prize, the social media manager at Art UK and a trustee at the Leach Pottery.