Aisha Stoby
Lives in London/Muscat
Aisha Stoby is curator and organiser of the Sultanate of Oman’s Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. She is an Omani art historian and curator, having completed her PhD, Modern Art Movements in Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia (1940 – 2007) at The University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Prior to this she received her master’s degree from London’s Royal College of Art in Curating Contemporary Art and holds a bachelor’s degree in History of Art and Archaeology from SOAS. Stoby has curated a range of exhibitions and has published and lectured widely on the topic of modern art, with a particular focus on modern art from Oman and the Middle East.
