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

Chief Curator/Avenir Foundation Curator

Sumru Belger Krody joined The Textile Museum in 1994 and was appointed Chief Curator/Avenir Foundation Curator in 2025. 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.