Antawan I. Byrd

Antawan I. Byrd is an American art historian and curator who studies modern and contemporary art of Africa and the African Diaspora. He was a PhD candidate in Art History at Northwestern University when he was a researcher in residence at Alice Yard in 2016. His research centers on sound, photography, and politics in Bamako, Port of Spain, and New York. He has held curatorial roles at the Bamako Encounters Biennale, the Benin Biennale, the Kiasma Museum in Helsinki, and the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos.