Rachel K. Ward is an arts and fashion writer based in Paris. She received a PhD, magna cum laude, from the European Graduate School in Switzerland where she studied with Jean Baurdillard and others. Her curatorial projects include Eispavillon for the Swiss Alps, represented at Art Unlimited/Art Basel, and Terminal 5 for JFK Airport, included in Artforum's "Best of 2004." She has also been acknowledged by The New York Times, Vogue (Paris), ID and others.