Namita Gupta Wiggers is a noted expert in the field of contemporary craft, a curator, educator and a writer based in Portland, Oregon.
[1] Her prior experiences as a studio jeweler, video ethnographer/design researcher, and museum educator shape her multidisciplinary thinking and consideration of craft in material, conceptual, and theoretical ways.
[2] She was born to Indian immigrants in Cincinnati, Ohio and received a BA in art history and English from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1989.
She serves as the exhibition reviews editor for The Journal of Modern Craft and on the editorial board for Garland Publishing.
Her publications include Unpacking the Collection (2008), Ken Shores: Clay Has the Last Word (2010), and Generations: Betty Feves (2012).