Kevin Tervala
African Studies, with a primary field in History of Art and Architecture
Kevin Tervala is Associate Curator of African Art and Department Head for the Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific Islands (AAAPI) at The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA). He arrived at the BMA in 2015 as AAAPI’s Curatorial Fellow and assumed his current position in 2017. During the last four years, he has curated eight exhibitions of African and pre-Columbian art, consulted on a number of contemporary art projects, and is currently chairing the BMA’s Cultural Property Working Group.
In addition to his curatorial duties, Kevin is an active scholar whose research into colonial-era African art has appeared in African Arts, Tribal Art, NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art, and Cahier du Forêt, Environnement, et Société. He has also started writing a book, tentatively titled “Desert Vision: Colonialism, Climate Change, and the Transformation of Artistic Creativity in Northwestern Kenya.”
Kevin received a PhD and MA from Harvard University and a BA from the University of Maryland.
In addition to his curatorial duties, Kevin is an active scholar whose research into colonial-era African art has appeared in African Arts, Tribal Art, NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art, and Cahier du Forêt, Environnement, et Société. He has also started writing a book, tentatively titled “Desert Vision: Colonialism, Climate Change, and the Transformation of Artistic Creativity in Northwestern Kenya.”
Kevin received a PhD and MA from Harvard University and a BA from the University of Maryland.