curator for globally collaborative exhibitions of contemporary art. art school professor.
Based in Paris, France / Chicago, US
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Teaching areas: global artmaking and visual critical studies, curatorial theory and exhibition studies, comparative cultural policy research and arts ecosystems, world women’s literature.
Advising areas: MFA advising, professional practices, studio seminar critique, photo seminar critique.
(A full CV PDF with dates and additional details is available by request)
Artadia Awards Atlanta
Austin Texas Public Arts Jury
Belfast Photo Festival
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Denver Month of Photography
Earth Photo UK
East African Photo Awards
FILTER Photography Festival
FORMAT Photo Festival UK
FotoFest Houston
HARPO Foundation
Hyde Park Art Center
LensCulture Critics Choice Awards
Los Angeles Center of Photography
Ox-Bow Artist Residency
Photographic Resource Center
Rencontres d'Arles France
Rhode Island School of Design
University of Chicago Arts + Public Life
U of C Department of Visual Arts
Visual Studies Workshop NY
World Press Photo Netherlands
GRAIN Projects UK
Humanity In Action – Netherlands
Istituto Italiano Cultura Chicago
Malcolm X College Chicago
Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference
Oracle International Photo Curators Conference
Pakhuis de Zwijger Amsterdam Netherlands
San Diego State University
Stockholm University Department of Culture and Aesthetics MA International Curating course
Diasporas are the Landscape, Visual Studies Workshop
Here There, Illinois State Museum
“LOVE: Still Not the Lesser”, MoCP
“Beautiful Diaspora/You Are Not Lesser Part”, MoCP
Ground Floor Biennial, Hyde Park Art Center (co-editor)
Dark Matter LP, Hyde Park Art Center (co-editor)
emerge: Journal of Arts Administration and Policy, SAIC Department of Arts Administration (managing editor)
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Sullivan Galleries, Chicago
emerge: SAIC Journal of Arts Admin & Policy, Chicago
V-Day Until the Violence Stops Festival, New York
V-Day Global Movement to End VAW, New York
Molloy Gallery, New York
EarSay Arts, New York
Filter Photo, Chicago (board)
Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago (board)
Departments –
Low Residency MFA Program
Department of Arts Administration & Policy
Affiliated in Visual & Critical Studies, Academic Spine, Professional Practices, Art Therapy, English for International Students, Grad Thesis
Courses –
5900 MFA Graduate Studio Seminar
6510 MFA Attention
6909 MFA Graduate Projects
3500 BFA Curating in the Expanded Field
3905 BFA Being a Woman of Color in the Arts
6018 MA Spheres of Cultural Valuation
4260 BFA/MA Cultural Ecology: Flexible Art Worlds
4016 BA Artist’s Self-Promotion
MA Graduate thesis advisor
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING:
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MA | Chicago
Field research Tokyo, Japan
The New School, MFA | New York
New York University Gallatin School, BA | New York
Tisch School of the Arts special programs Cuba
Tisch School of the Arts special programs Vietnam
Université de Montréal summer study abroad Quebec
BMW Foundation Responsible Leadership Network: Transatlantic Core Group Germany & US
Responsible Leadership Women of Colour Canada & US
Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Emerging Leaders
Oracle Photo Curators Conference – Brazil
Humanity in Action EU/US:
Democracy Fellows
Senior Fellows Network (co-chair)
—artists: Thomas Berding, Rebekah Blesing, Adam Brown, Rebecca Casement, Candice Chovanec, Ryan Claytor, Laura Cloud, Lorelei d’Andriole, d’Ann de Simone, Benjamin Duke, Teresa Dunn, Xia Gao, Laurén Gerig, Peter Glendinning, Rebecca Gonzalez Cifaldi, Alisa Henriquez, Paul Kotula, Robert A. McCann, Nathan Prebonick, Kelly Salchow MacArthur, Rebecca Tegtmeyer, and Blake Williams.
LOVE: Still Not the Lesser, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
—artists: Alia Ali, Alicia Bruce, Jorian Charlton, Jess T. Dugan, Mari Katayama, Kierah KIKI King, Mous Lamrabat, Tom Merilion, Salma Abedin Prithi, Modou Dieng Yacine, Yuge Zhou, Jorge Ariel Escobar
Shift: Music, Culture, Context, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
—artists: Bani Abidi, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Tony Cokes, Jeremy Deller, Hassan Hajjaj, Sven Johne, André Lützen, Cecil McDonald, Jr., Emeka Ogboh, and Taryn Simon
Black Creativity, Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago
—artists: 100+
Portraits as Visual Repositories, Los Angeles Center for Photography, Los Angeles
—artists: 30+
Beautiful Diaspora / You Are Not the Lesser Part, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
—artists: Xyza Cruz Bacani, Widline Cadet, Jessica Chou, Cog•nate Collective, Işıl Eğrikavuk, Citlali Fabián, Sunil Gupta, Kelvin Haizel, David Heo, Damon Locks, Johny Pitts, Farah Salem, Ngadi Smart, Tintin Wulia, Abena Appiah
10th Anniversary LATITUDE, Chicago Art Department, Chicago
—artists: Lawrence Agyei, Anwulika Anigbo, Krista Franklin, Brian Gee, Stephan Goettlicher, Lauren Grudzien, Colleen Keihm, Chantal Lesley, Rachael Schafer, Ursula Sokolowska, Alexa Viscus, Reuben Wu
RAISIN, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago
—artists: Amanda Williams, Kioto Aoki, Uraria Maciel, Jared Brown, Marina Viola Cavadini, Cog•nate Collective Amy Sanchez Arteaga + Misael Diaz, Işıl Eğrikavuk, Max Guy, Kyle Bellucci Johanson, Kierah “Kiki” King, Diya Khurana, Kat Liu, AJ McClenon, Joelle Mercedes, Joseph Mora, Nahum Romero and Matters of Gravity, Zakkiyyah Najeebah Dumas-O’Neal, Alessia Petrolito, Delilah Salgado, Aaron Samuels, Rohan Ayinde Smith, Brett Swinney, Maryam Taghavi, Gloria Talamantes, Tran Tran, Unyimeabasi Udoh, Nayeli Vega, Tintin Wulia, Zhiyuan Yang, Nushin Yazdani
Martine Gutierrez, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
—artist: Martine Gutierrez
Dream, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
—artists: Cecilia Beaven, Dorothy Burge, Cathleen Campbell, Teresita Carson, Jonathan Castillo, Jason Dunda, Sarabeth Dunton, Tanya Gill, Brooke Hummer, Janis Kanter, Mayumi Lake, Percy Lam, D. Lammie-Hanson, Frances Lee, JeeYeun Lee, Cydney Lewis, Monika Plioplyte, Monica Rickert-Bolter, Allison Svoboda
Preview 9: A Boldness to Dare and Try, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago
—artists: Leticia Bernaus, Karen Dana Cohen, Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero, Alejandro Jiménez-Flores, Tamara Becerra Valdez
The Tokyo Show: Black & Brown Are Beautiful, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
—artists: William Greaves, Carris Adams, Brandon Breaux, Cog•nate Collective, Sarita Garcia, Jose Resendiz, Diana Quiñones Rivera
Solomon Salim Moore, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago
—artist: Solomon Salim Moore
Design Show at Block 37, Chicago
—artists: 40+
EXPO Contemporary Art Fair, Chicago
—artists: 15+
New Work 2016, Chicago
—artists: 6+
ROCK, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago
—artist: Faheem Majeed
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Featuring: Akima Brackeen, of Architecture for Public Benefit and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; JeeYeun Lee, artist and spatial historian; Kamau Sadiki, of Diving with a Purpose. Chicago USA.
“Curating LOVE: Asha Iman Veal and Kalen Wing-Ki Lee”
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Chicago USA/Hong Kong.
“A New Decade of Dance Films: Kierah KIKI King and Patricia Nguyen”
Museum of Contemporary Photography in partnership with the Columbia Dance Center. Chicago USA.
“Artist Talk: Jorge Ariel Escobar and Yuge Zhou”
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Chicago USA.
“Book Circle: All About Love by bell hooks. Feat. Megha Ralapati and Anwulika Anigbo”
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Chicago USA.
“Focal Point Podcast: Artists Alicia Bruce and Tom Merillion”
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Chicago USA (podcast).
“The Printed Matter EXPO Art Week panel, featuring Sasha Phyars-Burgess and Cecil McDonald Jr.”
EXPO Chicago and Chicago Athletic Association. Chicago USA.
“Beyond the Lens: Sunil Gupta”
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Chicago USA/London UK.
“Focal Point Live: Artists Xyza Cruz Bacani and Jason Reblando”
PhotoEspaña Madrid and MoCP. Chicago/New York USA.
“Beyond the Lens: Ngadi Smart”
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Chicago USA/London UK/Ivory Coast.
“Beyond the Lens: Citlali Fabian, Damon Locks, and Johny Pitts”
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Chicago USA/London UK.
“A Photo History of Reproductive Justice: Special Presentation by Loretta J. Ross”
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Chicago/Atlanta USA.
“RAISIN (vol.1)”
Chicago Architecture Biennial and Lumpen Radio Chicago 105.5, 10 episodes, 50,000 broadcast listener audience. Featuring: Tracie Hall, ED American Library Association; Josette Bushell-Mingo, OBE Principal of The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama; Uriara Maciel, Artistic Director of Anastacia Berlin Schwarze Frauen Theatergruppe; and many more. Chicago USA and global (radio broadcast).
“What Does Democracy Look Like? (Part II)”
Museum of Contemporary Photography. Chicago USA (webinar).
“Professional Practices” Leadership Series
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean classroom. Featuring: Ieisha Montgomery VP at Northern Trust Bank, Libia Bianibi managing director at Lit & Luz Festival, Aaron Samuels COO Afro Tech Conference and Blavity media, Ishita Dharap MAAE SAIC, Yuki Aizawa field producer NPR StoryCorps, Eliza Myrie alum of Whitney ISP Program, Tamara Becerra Valdez alum of the CAC BOLT artist residency, Bidjan Nashat director at Save the Children international, Jennifer Jun officer at Stockholm International Water Institute, Stephanie Brulloths independent yoga and Pilates instructor, Arianna Cisneros program officer at WK Kellogg Foundation, Margurite Wynter assistant curator at the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Alice Kim director at University of Chicago Human Rights Lab, Tempestt Hazel founder Sixty Inches from Center, Jason Ortiz professor at NYU Stern School of Business, Nicolas Rodriguez Melo deputy director at Monument Lab, Nadia Sulayman and Isis Ferguson director at University of Chicago Arts + Public Life, Ciera McKissick AMFM Founder, Luvia Quinones policy director at Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Chicago USA.
“Distance Between Words: Culture, Language, Family” Featuring Kandis Friesen, Maryam Taghavi, Ashley Freeby.
Hyde Park Art Center. Chicago USA.
“The Many Roles of a Global Curator, Featuring BISI SILVA of the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos”
School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago USA.
”Expression of the Korean Ethos: True-view Landscape of the Late Joseon Period 17~20th Century, Feat. YI SONG-MI” (Prof. Emerita at the Academy of Korean Studies)
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and SAIC Student Affairs for Korean and Chinese Advising, SAIC MacLean classroom. Chicago USA.
“The Braid / Talking Whiteboards by Adelheid Mers”
Artist studio. Chicago USA.
“The Places We’ve Been” Feat. Justin Nordic Thunder Howard, Lisa Hsia, Colin Souness
Edinburgh Festival Fringe, JustFestival. Scotland UK.
“The Places We’ve Been” Feat. Daniel Ketchum editor at MARVEL Comics & Derek Helwig television producer at “The Amazing Race”
Illinois Humanities Council and Chicago Cultural Center. 9 artists. Chicago USA.
”Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow chief and historian of the Apsaalooke Crow Nation.” Molloy Gallery. SoHo New York USA.
“V-Day Until the Violence Stops” city-wide festival. V-Day global movement led by artist Eve Ensler, Brooklyn Museum site. New York USA.