Dr. Ruth Belinga studied under the artist Pascal Kenfack at the University of Yaoundé I (Cameroon), where she earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 2002. She subsequently obtained a PhD in Art History, specialising in contemporary painting in Cameroon.

She works as a lecturer in art history at the University of Ebolowa (Cameroon). In addition, she works as an curator and art critic. In this capacity, she has organized and contributed to numerous exhibitions in Cameroon, Algeria, Mali, France, Brazil, the Netherlands, Congo-Brazzaville, Senegal, Canada, Germany, South Africa, Gabon, and Togo.

She has also published numerous articles in national and international journals, exhibition catalogs, and art journals.

As part of her fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Study, she is contributing to the research project “PERFORM – Performing Provenance: Contemporary Art, Digital Spaces, and Things from the Cameroon Grasslands”.