Victoria Camblin is a writer, editor,

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, and curator. She is the former editor and artistic director of ''

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'', based in

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, Georgia. As of June 14, 2018, she is the executive editor of ''

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'' in Berlin, Germany.

Life and career

Camblin attended

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in New York, where she received a dual BA degree in philosophy and

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in 2006, and went on to complete a doctorate at the

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. She is a recipient of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation fellowships, and was the 2009–2012 Leslie Wilson Major Scholar at

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. Camblin's doctoral work centered on the avant-garde illustrated periodicals created in Paris during the

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—specifically the editorial work of

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and the publication ''

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''. Between 2006 and 2013, Camblin worked as editor of ''

'', the English-language biannual magazine based in

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focusing on contemporary culture. Following this, she served as editor for the

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'', and has also contributed to a number of international arts publications, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Some of her additional writing includes pieces on architecture in

in '' Art in America'' and criticism for ''

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.'' Her curatorial projects include the 2016 Atlanta Biennial, curated alongside Daniel Fuller, Aaron Levi Garvey, and Gia Hamilton.

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