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Nina Horisaki-Christens

Lecturerat University of California, Los Angeles
Headshot of a white woman with grey shoulder length curly hair wearing a navy top and bright pink blazer in an urban park.
Santa Monica,
United States
Focus area: Art History

Nina Horisaki-Christens is an art historian, curator, and translator based in Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University. Her research focuses on the intersection of art, media, urbanism, translation, and social engagement in Japan, Asia, and the Asian diaspora. She was a 2023-24 Getty Postdoctoral Fellow, a summer 2023 Anne van Biema Fellow, and a 2021-23 Burke Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow. She has contributed to publications and exhibitions produced by Collaborative Cataloging Japan, the Tate Modern, Art Tower Mito, the Guggenheim Museum, MoMA, and the Mori Art Museum, among others.