Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander

Dr. Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander is the Robert M. and Ruth L. Halperin Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. She is also the co-founder and co-director of the Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI) with Marci Kwon, assistant professor in the Department of Art and Art History. Alexander leads the AAAI’s curatorial program and collection building, working with artists, artist estates, galleries, collectors, and community members. At the Cantor, she is the curator of Spirit House (2024), Livien Yin: Thirsty (2024), East of the Pacific: Making Histories of Asian American Art (2022), The Faces of Ruth Asawa (2022), and The Medium Is the Message: Art since 1950 (2019 – 2024). Her accompanying catalogue to Spirit House is the museum’s first major publication of the AAAI.

Programs:

• P L A C E Closing Symposium