Christine Eyene is an art historian, critic and curator. She is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art at Liverpool John Moores University and Research Curator at Tate Liverpool. From 2012 to March 2022, she was Research Fellow in Contemporary Art at the University of Central Lancashire where she worked on Making Histories Visible, a multidisciplinary visual arts research project led by multiple award-winner artist Lubaina Himid CBE RA. In this framework, she developed new research into feminism, sound art, and photography. In 2023 she completed her PhD at Birkbeck, University of London, on the relationship between African literature and visual representation in the work of South African photographer George Hallett (1942-2020) under the supervision of Professor Annie E. Coombes.

Eyene’s areas of research and curatorial practice encompass contemporary African and Diaspora arts, feminism, photography, and non-object-based art practices notably sound art. Her other interests include: socially-engaged initiatives, urban culture, music, design, and new media.

As an art writer, her latest writings include contributions to Tracey Rose: Shooting Down Babylon (Cape Town: Zeitz MOCAA, 2022); Lubaina Himid (London: Tate Publishing, 2021); Alice Mann: Drummies (London: Gost Books, 2021); Cosmogonies: Zinsou, an African Collection (Milan: Silvana Editoriale; Montpellier: MO.CO., 2021).

Her recent exhibitions include Where to Land the Eye, as part of Landskrona Foto Festival 2024 (Konsthall, Landskrona, 2024); Seeds and Souls (Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 2023-2024); Delaine Le Bas: Beware of Linguistic Engineering (Gorki Kiosk, Berlin, 2022 and Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix, London, 2021); RESIST! The 1960s protests, photography and visual legacy as part of the SUMMER OF PHOTOGRAPHY (BOZAR, Brussels, 2018).

Since 2021, she has been developing Bikoka Art Project, a new art and educational initiative dedicated to young people, women, and young creatives in the village of Bikoka (Lolodorf, Cameroon). Situated at the border of an evergreen forest, BAP focuses on the harmony between art, community, and nature. It also delves into the history and memory of the land.

Christine Eyene sits on selection panels and advisory committees. In 2024, she joined the Artistic Council of Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco. In 2022 she was on the selection committee of The London Open 2022 (Whitechapel Gallery), Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 2022, and member of jury of the Turner Prize 2022.