Diana Campbell Betancourt

Diana Campbell Betancourt is an American curator working in South and Southeast Asia, primarily Bangladesh[1] and the Philippines.

Formerly based in Mumbai for six years, she facilitated inter-regional South Asia dialog through her exhibitions and public programmes.

She has consulted the New Museum and MCA Chicago and many other leading institutions on their inclusion of South Asia in their exhibitions programs and has presented and published her research as part of MoMA's C-MAP initiative.

[14][15] She has curated numerous solo projects with artists such as Raqib Shaw (co-curated with Maria Balshaw)[16] Haroon Mirza, Simryn Gill, Tino Sehgal, Lynda Benglis, Shilpa Gupta, Shahzia Sikander, Naeem Mohaiemen, Runa Islam, Shumon Ahmed, Pawel Althamer, Asim Waqif, and Raqs Media Collective[17][18][19] as well as group exhibitions such as Rewind (with Amara Antilla, Sabih Ahmed, and Beth Citron)),[20] Mining Warm Data,[21] The Asian Art Biennale in Context and Bearing Points[22] and initiated a free, alternative education program called Samdani Seminars and Education Pavilion[23][24][25] which bridges the gaps in curriculum between the various art schools in Dhaka with international guest faculty.

Campbell Betanourt has conceived of the Dhaka Art Summit as a cumulative event, stressing that it is 'not about the individual editions; it is a continuation, and it always builds on the last one'.