Magali-An Berthon

Education
- 2016 – 2021 ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART - LONDON, UK
PhD in History of Design / Arts and Humanities Department

Dissertation: Silk and Post-Conflict Cambodia: Embodied Practices and Global and Local Dynamics of Heritage and Knowledge Transference (1990s-2010s)

- 2014 - 2015 FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – NEW YORK, NY
One year Fulbright fellowship
MA Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, and Museum Practice

- 2004 - 2006 ENSAD NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DECORATIVE ARTS – PARIS, FRANCE
MFA – Textile Design with Honors

- 2002 - 2004 ENSAAMA SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS – PARIS, FRANCE
BA – Graphic Design and Visual Communication

Professional experience
Academia
- 01/2022
Center for Textile Research – University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Postdoctoral research fellow – MSCA Individual Fellowship – European Union

- 01/2021 – 12/2021
Parsons - The New School – Art and Design History and Theory Department
Adjunct Instructor Ancient to Modern Textiles (Spring 2021); Dress, Textiles and the World (Fall 2021)

- 02/2019 – 12/2021
Fashion Institute of Technology - MA Fashion and Textile Studies
Adjunct Instructor Dress and Textiles in World Cultures (Spring 2019 / 2020/ 2021); Fashion Theory (Fall 2019 / 2021)

- 09/2018 – 12/2021
NYU Steinhardt– MA Costume Studies
Adjunct Instructor Textile History (Fall 2018 / 2019 / 2020/ 2021); Dress and Textiles in World Cultures (Spring 2020/ 2021)

- 10/2016 - 12/2020 – Royal College of Art – V&A/RCA History of Design
Visiting lecturer in Theories and Methods

Curatorial - Research
- 10/2019 Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA
Co-production of the video ‘Ikat, Songket, Batik’ for the exhibition Contemporary Muslim Fashions

- 06/2015 - 09/2016 Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA Curatorial fellow at the Textile curatorial department
Editor of the online platform for Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse on sustainability and textile waste

- 12/2013 - 12/2019 Ateliers Monde Agency, Paris, FRANCE

Co-founder, art director and curator leading curatorial consultancy on craft-related projects
> Client: La Tisserie, Textile Museum of South Brittany, FR
Curation of the show Paroles d’artisans, traditions du Moyen Atlas marocain (01/07-30/10/2017)
Curation of the show Krama du Cambodge, Etoffe d’identité (01/07-30/10/2016)

Fluent: French and English

Elementary proficiency: German and Khmer