TrAIN

Guest Speaker - TrAIN Open 2009

David Dibosa trained as a curator after receiving his first degree from Girton College, University of Cambridge. He was awarded his PhD in Art History from Goldsmiths College, University of London.

During the 1990s, he curated public art projects. From 2004-2008, he was Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Theory at Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts, London. He remains at the UAL, where he is now Acting Director for the Engine Room, an Applied Research unit, supplying arts and cultural services to a broad range of national and international bodies, including the Icelandic National Government, the Wellcome Trust and Tate.

David’s published work focuses on art and cultural difference. It includes: ‘How to Speak Borders’ in the Turkish journal Toplumbilim (autumn, 2007), ‘The Self that Follows the Discipline’ in the online journal, [E]dition, (London, autumn 2008) and ‘Queer Appearances: the Visual Strategies of Gilbert & George’ in the Sexualities journal (2009).