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Elena Ochoa, Lady Foster of Thames Bank (born 1958) is a publisher and an art curator, and formerly a professor of psychopathology. ==Career== For more than twenty years, Ochoa held the position of Professor of Psychopathology at the Complutense University of Madrid, and until 2001 was Honorary Professor at King’s College, London. In the course of her academic career, she has been Hispanic/North American Fulbright scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and, as Visiting Professor, conducted research at numerous universities in Europe as well as in the United States, among them Cambridge, Chicago, Cracow, Hamburg and Pennsylvania. She has worked at Spanish public broadcasters TVE and Radio Nacional, and has been a regular contributor to various newspapers. In 1996, Foster founded Ivorypress 〔() Love for print. Monocle Sep. 2012〕 as a publishing house specialising in artists' books. The project currently encompasses a wide range of areas and activities within the frame of contemporary art,〔() Kunstsammler als Weltenbauer. Elena Ochoa Foster über die Ursprünge des Sammelns. Neue Zürcher Zeitung 07/06/2009〕 which includes its own art gallery and bookshop, art consultancy and art exhibitions curatorship, editorial services, audio-visual productions and education.〔() Retail Directory 2009. Wallpaper. Retrieved 20 August 2013.〕 She directs the C Photo Project, conceived to promote photography and contemporary art through publications, exhibitions and academic and institutional support (Ivorypress has organised the creation of the Humanitas Chair of Contemporary Art at the University of Oxford, among other sponsorships at different academic institutions). Along with the team at Ivorypress, she has curated international exhibitions, such as C on Cities (10th Venice Biennale of Architecture, 2006), NY C (Phillips de Pury, New York, 2007), Blood on Paper (Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2008) and Real Venice (54th Venice Biennale, 2011 and Somerset House, London, 2011).〔() Using Venice to Save Venice. Art In America 04/11/2011. Retrieved 20 August 2013.〕〔() That old sinking feeling. Financial Times〕 In 2008, Ivorypress Space 〔〔() Elena Ochoa Foster: Ivorypress no es una galería aunque comisione, organice o produzca exposiciones (source in Spanish). Arteinformado 25/10/2010〕 opened in Madrid〔() Putting Spain on the Page. Monocle May 2013〕 as a gallery with a focus on national and international contemporary artists, architecture and photography. Lady Foster is member of the Board of Directors of the Mutual Art Trust and the Pictet Photography Prize. She was President of the Tate International Council and member of the Governing Board of the Tate Foundation between 2004 and 2008, as well as Trustee of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation. She serves as patron of diverse museums, foundations and international schools of contemporary art and photography. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elena Ochoa Foster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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