Biography

Venetia works at the Bristish Museum where she is curator responsible for the collection of Islamic art, in particular of the Arab World and Turkey as well as the collection of the modern and contemporary art of the Middle East.

Ventia recently curated an exhibition of contemporary Iraqi art which ran along side the British Museum’s Babylon exhibition. Out side the British Museum Venetia is closely engaged with the Iraqi art world and she regularly collaborates with the INCIA (The International Network for Contemporary Iraqi Artists).

As well as an expertise in Middle Eastern art Venetia has research interests in Arabic inscriptions, amulets, seals and ceramics.