Gemma Rodrigues
Gemma Rodrigues was recently appointed Curator of African Arts at the UCLA Fowler Museum. Her research has focused on contested idioms of place-making in Harare, Zimbabwe. After completing her doctorate at Harvard University, she has received numerous grants in support of her research from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Getty Research Institute. From 1997-2000, she lectured in art history at the Harare Polytechnic and, in 1998, she co-founded a trust that continues to foster the visual arts in Zimbabwe.