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The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) Announces the Appointment of Yesomi Umolu as Artistic Director of the 2019 Edition
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 ? JANUARY 5, 2020
CHICAGO (March 6, 2018) ? The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that Chicago-based curator and writer Yesomi Umolu will serve as the Artistic Director of the Biennial’s 2019 edition.
With a background in architectural design and curatorial studies, Umolu focuses her work on global contemporary art and spatial practices. Her recent projects?including the exhibitions Kapwani Kiwanga: The sum and its parts, The Land Grant: Forest Law, and The Museum of Non Participation: The New Deal?have explored the politics of the built environment. Umolu currently holds the position of Exhibitions Curator at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago, and is a visiting lecturer, critic, and speaker at a number of international universities and institutions. Yesomi Umolu at the Chicago Cultural Center:

photo by Andrew Bruah, courtesy the Chicago Architecture Biennial
“I am honored to be invited to serve as Artistic Director of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial,” said Umolu. “Having my roots in...