J. Fiona Ragheb

J. Fiona Ragheb
Deputy Director for Curatorial and Exhibitions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, USA

J. Fiona Ragheb is a museum administrator and registered architect with a dynamic background in art, architecture, and museums. Currently Deputy Director for Curatorial and Exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, she oversees the Museum’s curatorial staff, exhibition programs, national and international partnerships, and exhibition planning for the new David Geffen Galleries designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. She previously served as Director of Art Programs at Public Art Fund in New York City. In that role she bridged cultural, corporate, and civic communities and commissioned contemporary art works for Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall and Newark Airport’s New Terminal A. Over the course of her career, she has collaborated extensively with artists and architects including Nina Chanel Abney, Jenny Holzer, Jacolby Satterwhite, and Frank Gehry to realize their creative visions. During her tenure as Associate Curator for Exhibitions and Collections at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, she organized numerous exhibitions including the award-winning Frank Gehry, Architect, and Dan Flavin: The Architecture of Light, and oversaw the opening of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. She has also advised on a number of new museum and cultural facilities including the Meixihu International Culture & Arts Center in Changsha (China), the Saadiyat Island Cultural District in Abu Dhabi (UAE), and the Williams College Museum of Art (Massachusetts).