Brief Biography

Jana J. Haeckel is an art historian, curator and lecturer who examines image and body politics in contemporary art, specifically in the new ethics of photography in the digital age. Art practices that subvert historical narratives through archival research are also part of her work. Haeckel holds a PhD in art history by Université Catholique de Louvain and studied art history,
comparative literature and Romance Languages at the Humboldt Universität Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Sorbonne Paris. She has worked for various public and private cultural institutions, such as Goethe-Institut Brussels, Pinakothek der Moderne Munich, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen and Boros collection Berlin.