Meet the Curatorial Team
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As a curator, art historian, author, and photographer, Graham created Curatorial (then Curatorial Assistance) in 1988. With over three decades of experience in curating, producing and managing exhibition projects, he has organized and overseen the creation and circulation of more than 400 exhibitions to venues worldwide. Before founding Curatorial, Graham was a visiting curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1984-85), he served as curator of the Graham Nash Collection (1976-88), prior to which he was the founding Director of the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney (1973-75). In 1972, he was Exhibitions Manager at the Photographers' Gallery, London, (1972-73) and Research Assistant at the Royal Photographic Society, 1973. Graham has authored over 20 books on photography and art history and holds an MFA in Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Art, from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a BA in Photography and Film from Prahran College, Melbourne.
graham@curatorial.com | +1 626-577-9696 ext. 01
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Phillip is an award-winning curator, art historian, and writer, formerly Head of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, London. The winner of the Mellon Rome Fellowship in 2016 and a graduate of the Oxford Cultural Leaders Programme, he has held appointments at the Saint Louis Art Museum, Peabody Essex Museum, Yale and MIT. His books have made numerous ‘best of’ lists and have twice been named among New York Times best art and architecture books of the year. His recent exhibition Martin Parr: Only Human was shortlisted for the Sky / Southbank Prize, and William Eggleston: Portraits was a finalist for the Global Fine Arts Award. Other notable exhibitions include: Man Ray | Lee Miller, Partners in Surrealism, Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement, and in association with HRH Kate Middleton, Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography and Face Time: A History of the Photographic Portrait. Phillip holds a PhD in history of art from Cambridge University, an MLA from Stanford, and a BA from Williams College. His new book, An Alternative History of Photography will be published by Prestel this fall.
phillip@curatorial.org | +1 626-577-0044
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Marika combines her writing, research and journalism skills with art to manage the development, marketing and coordination of the firm’s touring exhibitions. She also coordinates communications with the firm's upper executive. Marika was a translator and historian with Grønn Ungdom in Oslo, Norway, and has conducted and published research with the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Her most recent book, co-authored with Michelle Dragoo, Adrian Silvan Ionescu and Graham Howe, Hoppé’s Portrait of a Country: Photographs of Greater Romania, 1923 was published in 2019 in association with the E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection. Marika holds a BA in English Literature and Norwegian Language, from St. Olaf College, Minnesota.
marika@curatorial.org | +1 626-577-0044
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Maxfield manages Curatorial’s art museum, gallery, collector, artist and corporate accounts and coordinates production for Curatorial’s comprehensive art products and services. With over a decade of fine art registration, fabrication, and shipping experience from working in galleries located in Honolulu and Los Angeles, Maxfield specializes in managing creative projects of varying levels of complexity with signature resourcefulness.
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Jacob coordinates the transportation and installation logistics of the Curatorial art services department and facilitates daily operations for the art preparator team. He also oversees the registration and organization of art assets and has participated in the inventorying of several large art collections, including those related to ArtCenter College of Design, Allied Property and The Langham Huntington, Pasadena. Jacob holds a BA in History from California State University, Los Angeles.
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Josh has 15 years of experience working and managing in the Shipping and Logistics industry, moving artwork and valuables for cultural institutions, galleries, and individuals all over the globe. After gaining his BA in American Multicultural Studies at Sonoma State University, Josh worked for over 13 years at the art transportation firm, Masterpiece International. Josh has moved some of the most prized and valuable works in the world, such as Girl with the Pearl Earring and the ancient relics of Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut, as well as countless artworks by Picasso, Monet, among other high value works of art & historical prominence. His clientele is a “who’s who” of the art world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Louvre, Gagosian Gallery, and many more. Currently, Josh is focused on expanding the shipping and logistical arm of the Curatorial team, and growing our industry participation and global client-base. Josh has been a Licensed Customs Broker since 2009.
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Liza Faktor is a curator, arts producer and creative strategist working on the intersection of photography, moving image and emerging media. In her capacity as a Programming and Development Lead she is utilizing her extensive experience in visual arts and innovative storytelling, project development and fundraising.
She curated over twenty exhibitions, festival programs, lectured and taught workshops in the US, Latin America, Europe and Australia. Her work was featured at the Dutch Resistance Museum, Musée du quai Branly, Detroit Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Tribeca, IDFA, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Visions du Réel film festivals, among other venues. As a creative producer Liza has worked on award-winning installations, art films and community engagement projects. She was a founding member of the international art+film production collective Vessel and co-founder of cross platform production Screen in New York.
liza@curatorial.org | +1 626-577-0044
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In his capacity as Manager of Exhibitions Outreach, Myles Little works to place Curatorial's projects in museums around the world. He is an Art History PhD candidate at the University of Southern California and a recipient of the Visual Studies Graduate Certificate. Before entering graduate school, he spent almost a decade commissioning photography for magazines in New York, most recently as a Senior Photo Editor of TIME Magazine. In addition to that job, he curated the photography exhibition "One Percent: Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality," which traveled to thirty museums, galleries and festivals on five continents. Hatje Cantz published the catalogue in 2016; both Internazionale and TIME named it one of the best photography books of the year. His dissertation considers documentary photography in New York City circa 1965-1985, a time marked both by extraordinary electrical precarity -- blackouts -- as well as a "blackout" within the medium of photography itself, as it underwent a sustained critique by scholars and critics associated with OCTOBER magazine, among others.
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Wiktoria is an interdisciplinary specialist with a profound passion for storytelling, talent management, journalism, and photography. In her capacity as Manager of Exhibitions Outreach, Wiktoria works to place Curatorial's projects in museums in Europe. As an exhibition producer and curator, she has curated multiple exhibitions featuring celebrated artists, collaborating closely with international festivals and esteemed institutions. She has worked in diverse roles with solo and group exhibitions featuring artists such as Deborah Tuberville, James Nachtwey, Sebastião Salgado, Paul Nicklen & Cristina Mittermeier, Ralph Gibson, David Burnett, Ellen von Unwerth and many more.
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Natalia manages the art collections at Curatorial Advisory with a focus on Latin American archives. She manages collection registration, photo conservation, including the documentation and archival storage of physical collections. She serves as a consultant for clients, providing plans for the digitization of their collection and maintaining their online inventory. As a photographer, Natalia has participated in different group exhibitions in Boston, New York And Virginia. She holds a Design Communication Arts Certificate from UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, and a BA, from the New England School of Photography, Boston, and Comunicación Social degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
natalia@curatorial.com | +1 626-577-9696 ext. 02
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After working over 15 years in the digital advertising world, creating, analyzing and strategizing campaigns for major corporate brands, Mark has leveraged that tech experience to his real passion, art and cultural heritage. At Curatorial Advisory, he manages the vast digital and physical archive of the various art collections including the E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection, comprising tens of thousands of images, vintage negatives, documents and manuscripts. He has recently curated his first major exhibition, “Unspeakably Queer,” which showcases portraits and life stories of early-twentieth century LGBTQ+ personalities. Mark holds a BA, English from University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and Archives and Digital Collections Certification from Pasadena City College, Pasadena.