Dr. Manuela Well-Off-Man

Dr. Manuela Well-Off-Man is an art historian and the Chief Curator at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She previously served as a curator at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, and brings over 20 years of museum curatorial experience. Dr. Well-Off-Man has organized numerous exhibitions of contemporary Indigenous and American art, including nationally and internationally traveling
shows that highlight Native American artists.

She holds a Ph.D. in art history from Ruhr University Bochum and an M.A. in art history, archaeology, and pedagogy from the University of Cologne, Germany. A frequent lecturer on Indigenous and American art, Dr. Well-Off-Man has contributed extensively to exhibition catalogues, academic journals, art magazines, and blogs.