Sumru Belger Krody | The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Chief Curator, The Textile Museum Collection

Sumru Belger Krody joined The Textile Museum in 1994 and was appointed senior curator in 2011. Additionally, she is editor in chief of The Textile Museum Journal. She occasionally teaches courses at GW’s Corcoran School of the Arts & Design.

Born in Izmir, Türkiye, Krody specializes in textiles from the late antique era and from the Islamic world. She has curated or co-curated 21 exhibitions, including most recently Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt; A Nomad’s Art: Kilims of Anatolia; Binding the Clouds: The Art of Central Asian Ikat; Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles, Our Stories; and The Sultan’s Garden: The Blossoming of Ottoman Art. She has authored or co-authored seven exhibition-related publications, along with numerous articles and book chapters.

Krody holds a bachelor’s degree in classical archaeology from Istanbul University and a master’s in classical archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the Textile Society of America and Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens.