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Bita Pourvash is an Associate Curator at the Aga Khan Museum and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto. She joined the Aga Khan Museum in 2012 and has been instrumental in curating the museum's exhibitions and projects leading up to its opening in Toronto. Bita oversees the museum’s collection rotations, refreshing galleries twice a year with thematic installations. She co-curated the 2018 exhibition 'Transforming Traditions: Arts of 19th-Century Iran' and has contributed to various exhibition catalogues. Bita has held lectures regarding the Aga Khan Museum collection, discussing subjects such as 'The Addition, Impression: Art Bookbinding'. Her research focuses on the early history of collecting and exhibiting Islamic art in Canada, contributing to a forthcoming volume on Canadian Contributions to the Study of Islamic Art and Archaeology, edited by Marcus Milwright. Before joining the museum, she worked as a researcher at the Royal Ontario Museum and taught at institutions like York University and Semnan University.
University of Toronto • Toronto
Teaching courses in art history with a focus on Islamic art.
Aga Khan Museum • Toronto
Curating exhibitions and overseeing the museum's collection.
Department of Sociology