Ionit Behar is curator at DePaul Art Museum (DPAM) in Chicago, where she has organized solo and group exhibitions including Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: A Want for Nothing, Selva Aparicio: In Memory Of, Life Cycles, A Natural Turn, Solo(s): Krista Franklin, Claudia Peña Salinas: Quetzalli, and LatinXAmerican. Her independent projects include Del Otro Lado at O’Hare International Airport, 50 años at SUBTE in Montevideo, and Nelly Agassi: No Limestone, Nor Marble at the Chicago Cultural Center. Behar holds a PhD in art history from the University of Illinois at Chicago.