Caira Moreira is The Curatorial Blonde
Caira Moreira is an art historian, curator, and writer specializing in modern and contemporary art with a focus on the African and Caribbean diasporas. She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Modern & Contemporary Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where her thesis, Curating the Caribbean: Exploring Carnival Influence Through Lorraine O’Grady and Ebony G. Patterson, examines the intersection of Carnival aesthetics, race, gender, and diasporic identity. Her research has been supported by the Master of Art History & Art Administration and Policy Student Research and Travel Award.
Caira holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History, Theory, and Criticism from The Ohio State University and has cultivated an extensive career in arts administration, curatorial work, and arts writing. As a Curatorial Assistant at SAIC Galleries, she has played a pivotal role in exhibition development, research, and production, contributing to projects such as In Your Face: Barbara DeGenevieve, Teacher and Educator and the SAIC Graduate Exhibition.
Beyond academia, she has been deeply involved in the global contemporary art scene, serving as a VIP Relations Assistant for EXPO Chicago (Frieze Holdings), where she manages VIP programs, patron logistics, and strategic outreach to institutions. Her experience extends to roles at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, Kim Heirston Art Advisory, 67 Gallery, Castor Gallery, and The RealReal, where she has contributed to exhibition planning, luxury art sales, and advisory services.
As a freelance contemporary art writer, Caira has contributed critical essays and exhibition reviews to publications such as Hyperallergic, Cultbytes, New City Chicago, FAD Magazine, and Sixty Inches from Center, offering insights into emerging and established artists within the diaspora. She also hosts The Curatorial Blonde Podcast, where she engages with curators, artists, and scholars on contemporary issues in the art world.
Her research interests include postcolonialism, transnational migration, feminist theory, and post-Blackness, with a particular emphasis on how diasporic artistic practices construct a ‘third space’ of cultural hybridity.