Eric Otieno Sumba

Dr Eric Otieno Sumba is a writer, editor, and independent researcher with a background in social theory, political economy, postcolonial studies, and art criticism. He is currently editor (publication practices) at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin. Recent editorial projects there include ‘Global Fascisms’ (2025), ‘Destination Tashkent: Experiences of Cinematic Internationalism’ (2024), and ‘Echos of the Brother Countries: Visions and Illusions of Anti-Imperialist Solidarity’ (2024) (all co-published with Archive Books). Current curatorial projects (with SPAZIO GRIOT) include annual exhibitions and public programmes in Rome (since 2022), and the SPAZIO GRIOT Artist Residency (since 2024). His cultural criticism and essays have appeared in Berlin Review, frieze, The Guardian, Griotmag, London Review of Books, The Public Review, Texte zur Kunst, Camera Austria, and the Catalogue of the Dutch Pavillion at the 61st Venice Biennale (2026), among others.

Clients

Dortmunder Kunstverein, Neue Nationalgalerie, Harvard Art Museums, Goethe Institut London, Kampnagel Hamburg, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Bremen, Member of the European Parliament (Greens/EFA), Ballhaus Naunynstraße, HAU Hebbel Am Ufer, Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, Institut Francais Stuttgart, Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Akademie Tutzing, Literaturhaus Berlin, Each One Teach One-Berlin, Gropius Bau, apocalypse.dance, RAY Triennale Festival, Naxos Kino Frankfurt, Afrikavenir e.V, Internationaler Bund, Humanity in Action, Goethe Institut Dublin, Welkulturen Musuem Frankfurt, Photovogue, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Mattatoio di Roma, Deutschlandfunk, C/O Berlin, Zeit Stiftung Bucerius, The London Review of Books, Berlin Review, The Public Review, Weserburg Museum, ING, Mondriaan Fund

Skills

EditorialConceptualCuratorialModerationFacilitation