Nikolaos Apostolides

Nikolaos “Nik” Apostolides is a lecturer in the MA in Museum Studies program. He is an arts manager, educator, and independent curator. Apostolides curated “Mixed Blood,” an exhibition of photographs of mixed race/ethnicity families by the contemporary artist CYJO, which opened in Beijing at the Today Art Museum and toured to five museums across China.

Apostolides worked as the Associate Director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, where he conceived and curated an inter-disciplinary program series, Portraits After 5, featuring contemporary artists.  Previously, he served as the Associate Manager for Planning at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. He also served as Deputy CEO of the US Capitol Visitor Center.

Apostolides provided the vision for the Capital Experience Lab (a middle school within a D.C. public charter school) which is dedicated to providing students with immersive learning experiences in the museums, arts, civic and community spaces of the Nation’s Capital.

Apostolides earned an MA in Media Art Histories at Danube University in Austria, where his research focused on the history of exhibiting sound art in art museums since the 1960s. He earned a BA with a double major in art history and classical civilizations from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University. He is a graduate of the Getty Museum Leadership Institute.