Pia Camilla Copper is a Canadian journalist now based in Istanbul. Having written for Vie des Arts, Artlog, Randian, she has also written a few books including "In the Rose Light of the Desert Timbuktu appears", an account of her travels in the Sahara and more recently the text for "Art Mao". Professionally, she is a Chinese contemporary art specialist, curator and consultant who has also done projects focused on the Middle East and Arabic Art including Iranian.