Cecilia Wichmann recently joined the Baltimore Museum of Art as Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art. From 2015 to 2017, Cecilia led the Stamp Gallery, an experimental contemporary art space at the University of Maryland, and served as curator and advisor of the university’s innovative Contemporary Art Purchasing Program. From 2007 to 2013, she managed publicity and marketing at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. Cecilia has held internships at the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the University of Toronto Art Centre, and with the City of Toronto for its 2007 "Nuit Blanche" contemporary art festival.
Cecilia completed a master’s degree in Art History at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2015, with a specialization in Contemporary Art & Theory. Her thesis “Sound and Documentary in Cardiff and Miller’s Pandemonium” is featured as an exemplary multimedia publication by the digital publishing platform Scalar. In 2007, Cecilia earned an honors bachelor’s degree in Fine Art History and German from the University of Toronto, University College.
Cecilia is the recipient of a 2017–2018 University of Maryland Museum Fellowship and of the 2017 John Dorsey Prize for Outstanding Curatorial Practice.
