Cléa Massiani
PhD Candidate, Contemporary Art history, Outsider Art and Disabilities studies, Art History and Archaeology
David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora
Education
M.A., Exhibition and Museum Studies, San Francisco Art Institute
M.A., History and Art History, Sorbonne Institute
B.A., History and Art History, Sorbonne Institute
Research Expertise
Modern and Contemporary
Cléa Massiani is a French curator and art professional formally based in San Francisco, CA.
She is the founder and co-director of Bass and Reiner Gallery, currently located at the Minnesota Street Project complex in San Francisco, a curatorial space dedicated to foster dynamic dialogues in the Bay Area art scene and emerging artists.
Massiani has curated and co-curated several exhibitions in museums and galleries and held professional art positions both in Europe and the United States. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in History and Art History from The Sorbonne University in Paris, France, and an M.A. in Exhibition and Museum Studies from the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. She now is a Ph.D student at the University of Maryland.