Yasmin Amaratunga
Education
PhD (Courtauld Institute of Art)
About
Yasmin Amaratunga holds a PhD in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, United Kingdom. As an art historian and curator, her research focuses on ephemeral and new media works of art, material culture, museum studies, and critical theory.
Yasmin is responsible for the management and development of the Visual Resources Centre (VRC), including policymaking and overseeing collection development and maintenance of 550,000+ items of visual material. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria.