A Historian of Modern and Contemporary Art, and experienced museum professional, Rosa JH Berland specializes in contemporary artist books, and is interested in the development of Modernism in the Americas and Europe with a focus on diasporic practice in the Americas. She has published on the development of modernism in Expressionist art and literature with various publications on the work of Oskar Kokoschka and fin-de-siècle Vienna. Additional research interests include contemporary painting and photography; the history of Jean-Martin Charcot and the influence of Sigmund Freud within the visual arts; feminist practice; modern artistic expression of the unconscious and mystical, and the emergence of regionalism modernism in the Americas. Ms. Berland is the Honorary Director of the Edward E. Boccia Artist Trust and Curator of The Objects Foundation, New York. In addition to the production of an artist book on Colombian artist Juan Sebastian, she is currently developing a critical monographic book on the late Italian American artist Edward E. Boccia to be published by Hirmer Verlag, Munich and conducting research on the work of Janet Sobel.