Dr. Ale (Alejandro) Nodarse Jammal is an artist, writer, curator and art historian. They received their PhD in History of Art & Architecture from Harvard University in 2026 and their MFA (Fine Arts Practice) from the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, in 2025, following previous degrees at Yale University. They hold postdoctoral research positions at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence (Max Planck Institute for the History of Art) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in the Polycentric Renaissance Research Group (KHI) and the Department of European Paintings (Met), respectively.

Ale’s art historical research spans the early modern period, with an emphasis on the relationship between the history of art and the history and philosophy of science; while their artistic practice centers on sculpture, conceptual and installation art, and printmaking. They think often about art — its history and its practice — in relationship to observation, memory, language, and ethics. 

Born in Florida to Cuban and Palestinian-Syrian parents, they now call Florence home.

Beginning in October, 2025, Ale convenes the poetry circle Navi Incerte with authors Simone Lisi and Francesca Mazzotta, at Todo Modo in Florence. The group meets on the final Wednesday of the month at 6:30. All are welcome.

From October to April 2026, Ale will teach a course on drawing in the expanded field at Gada, 11 Via dei Macci, Firenze. To learn more, click here. 

For Ale’s academic work at Harvard, see here. For Ale’s fine arts practice at Oxford, see here. For Ale’s work at the KHI – Max Planck Institute for the History of Art in Florence, see here.