Lena Fritsch

Dr Lena Fritsch is an award-winning curator, writer and art historian. Her extensive curatorial career has seen her work at prominent institutions such as the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, Tate Modern in London, Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, and Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie in Berlin, before becoming independent in 2026. She has orchestrated over 15 exhibitions and numerous museum installations. Many of her shows garnered five star reviews, including 'Tokyo: Art & Photography' (2021), and were nominated for awards, including 'Ashmolean NOW: Pio Abad' for the 2024 Turner Prize. One focus of her work is Japanese art and photography and she is an experienced translator of the Japanese language.

Fritsch has published on a wide array of modern and contemporary art, ranging from the work of influential German artists, such as Anselm Kiefer, A.R. Penck and Cornelia Schleime, to Agnes Martin’s writings, Alberto Giacometti’s sculptures, Ibrahim El-Salahi’s African modernist art, Moriyama Daido’s and Ishiuchi Miyako's photography, Flora Yukhnovich’s distinctive paintings, and Radiohead’s LP covers.

Fritsch has taught at the University of Oxford, University of London and Art Academy Münster, lectures regularly at museums and galleries, and consults private clients. She holds a PhD in Art History from Bonn University and also studied at Keio University, Tokyo.