ODILI DONALD ODITA
Born 1966, Enugu, Nigeria. Lives and works in Tampa, FL.
Education:
1998 ART/OMI- International Artist Residency, July 1998
1990 Bennington College, VT, MFA
1988 Ohio State University; Excellence in the Arts, BFA (with distinction)
One-Person Exhibitions:
2004 - Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
- Galerie Schustser & Scheuermann, Berlin, Germany
- Galerie Judin, Zurich, Switzerland
2003 - Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
- Hospitalhaf in Stuttgart, Germany.
- Art Statement, Art Basel Miami Beach (Florence Lynch Gallery), Miami, FL.
- New Works Gallery, Miami Art Museum, FL
2001 - Wintergarden, Vienna
- Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
- Riva, New York
- Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt
- Galerie Schuster/Scheuermann, Berlin
2000 - "Passport," Jenn Joy Gallery, San Francisco
- Hofstra University, Alex Rosenberg Art Gallery, Calkins Hall, New York
1999 - Florence Lynch Gallery, New York (Color Theory)
- Gallery 101, Ontario, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2004 - "Home Extension," University Art Museum, Albany, NY. Curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ
2003 - "
- "Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad", Curated by Shannon Fitzgerald
& Tumelo Mosaka. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis. Catalogue available.
- "Patterns & Serial Randomness," The Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL.
- "Black President: The Art & Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti," The New Museum of Contemporary Art,
Curated by Trevor Schoonmaker. New York, Catalogue Available.
- "Yellow Pages," Turm Gallery, Helmstedt, Germany. Curated by John Armleder & the 404 Team.
- "Specificity" Curated by Odili Donald Odita
(Rina Banerjee, Fides Becker, Nadia Benbouta-Medouakh,Martha Burgess, Charlie Citron, Doug Harvey, Habib Kheradyar, Wojtek Lararczyk, Julie Moos, Odili Donald Odita,
Olu Oguibe, David Perry, John Tremblay, Stanley Whitney),
Riva Gallery, New York- "Beyond Painting" Chelsea Pratt Exhibition Space, NYC. Curated by Karen Jones.
- "After Matisse/Picasso," P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC
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ANTHOLOGY OF ART (http://www.anthology-of-art.net/), School of Fine Arts, Braunschweig; VisualArts Dept., University of Rennes; Art History Department, University of Budapest; Gropius-Bau, Berlin;
3Manifest/Symposium2, Akademie der Künste, Berlin; the Neuhardenberg Foundation
2002
- Collection in Context, The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY.- "Current," Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
- "
THE FIELDS' EDGE: Africa, Diaspora, Lens.," University of South Florida, Tampa; Wits University inJohannesburg, South Africa. Curated by Rory Bester & Amanda Carlson.
Selected Group Exhibition Continues:
2002 - "Peculiarly Pink", Gallery Luxe, New York
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"Painting As Paradox," Curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Artist Space, New York- " Irrational Propositions", POST, Los Angeles, CA
- "Armory Show," (Florence Lynch Gallery), New York
- – Pictures, Greene/Naftali Inc., New York, NY2001 - "Against the Wall: painting against the grid, surface and frame," Curated by Karen E. Jones, Institute
for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
- "Here and Now," Zecheta National Gallery, Warsaw, & Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland
- "Material and Matter", The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Curated by Thelma Golden &
Christine Y. Kim
2001 - "Chelsea Rising", Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. Curated by David Rubin.
Catalogue available.
- "Pleasures of Sight and States of Being: Radical Abstract Painting," curated by Dr. Roald Nasgaard;
Museum of Fine Arts, FSU, and the Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Fl.
- "Transfers/Odyssey," curated by Dorothea Strauss; Kunsthalle, St, Gallen, Switzerland
- "Current," Art Miami (Florence Lynch Gallery), Miami
2000 - "Quixotic Landscape," kjbuh Kunstverein, organized by Florence Lynch, Cologne Germany
- "Cologne Art Fair," (Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Frankfurt/Berlin) Cologne, Germany
- "Out of America," Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Galerie Schuster & Scheuermann, Berlin
- Art Forum Berlin, (Florence Lynch Gallery, New York) Berlin, Germany
2000 - "Five Continents and One City," curated by Chris Diercon, Gerardo Mosquera, Fumio Nanjo, Oto Oguibe,
Victor Zamudio Taylor, Marta Palau, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
- "Transcending The Norm and Some," New Jersey City University, Lemmerman Gallery, NJ
- "KunstK` ln," (Florence Lynch Gallery) Cologne, Germany
- "Art Franfurt," (Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Florence Lynch Gallery, NY) Franfurt Germany
1999-2000 - "Zeitwenden: Ausblick Ruckblick--(Jet Lag Experiment);" Museum of Modern Art,
Bonn, Museum of Modern Art, Vienna.
1999 - "Segregation: A Conversation at 40º ," Traveling Exhibition 1999-2001 (Istanbul, New York,
Sante Fe, San Francisco, Tai Pei); curated by Deniz Sengel, Christine Kim & Emin Mahir Balcioglu
- "The First Austrotel Contemporary Art Fair," (Florence Lynch Gallery) Vienna
- "The New York Contemporary Art Fair," (Florence Lynch Gallery) Puck Building, New York
- "4 x 4," Alexandre de Folin Gallery, New York
- "Idioscape," The Boston Center for the Arts, Boston
- "In-Visible: Abstraction & Narratives," Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
Kunstmarkt, Residenzschloss Dresden (Florence Lynch Gallery), Dresden
- "Vanishing Pt.," curated by Margaret Evangeline, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York
- "Present Continuous," curated by Carl Hazlewood, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York
- "Outside Edge: A Survey" organized by Florence Lynch, Universite de Paris I,
Pantheon - La Sorbonne, Paris- "You are Here," Matrix Art Project (MAP), New York
- "Intersections," Hypertext-Art Project; in collaboration with Adnan Ashraf; Sponsored by PS-122, NY
Curatorial Project 1998-1999, Exit Art, New York
- "The National Black Fine Art Show," (Florence Lynch Gallery) Puck Building, New York
1998/99 - "Crossing Lines," Art-In-General, New York
1998 - "Present Continuous," curated by Carl Hazelwood, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York
1998 - "Intersections-Hypertext-Art Project," in collaboration with Adnan Asraf, sponsored by PS-122, NY
- "Momenta Art Benefit," Momenta Art & Green Naftali, Brooklyn/New York
- "ART/OMI," International Artist Residency Exhibition, Ghent, New York
1997 - "2nd JOHANNESBURG BIENNALE 1997, SOUTH AFRICA," Projects section:
Billboard & Bus Shelter Posters, curated by Okwui Enwezor, Catalogue available
- "Really," curated by O. Donald Odita, UnFinished Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Selected Group Exhibition Continues:
1997 - "Diversity In Contemporary Africa: Causes & Effects," Survey Exhibition of
- Contemporary African Art, Ohio State University, OH, Catalogue available
- "Unity & Diversity Art Auction," chaired by Iman, March of Dimes, SONY Plaza, New York
- "INTERIOR-LIFE,"(with Bill Bidjocka, Senga Nengudi, Jocelyn Taylor & Fred
Wilson), curated by O. Donald Odita, Rush Arts, New York, Catalogue available
- "Momenta Art Benefit," Momenta Art & White Columns, Brooklyn, New York
- "Art Moving," FOUR WALLS, Brooklyn, New York, Catalogue available
Gramercy International Fair, New York, Represented by Momenta Art
- "Aphrodisia," The Alternative Museum, New York
- "Come As You Are," organized by Ike Ude, New York
1996 - "ONE," curated by Renee Cox, Foundation Art Gallery/RUSH, New York
- "Sauna Hut Available," Famine Chorus Gallery-House Inc, Minneapolis, MN
- "At the Foreground of Paths," Skoto Gallery, New York
- "Momenta Art Benefit," Momenta Art & Ronald Feldman Fine Art, Brooklyn, New York
- "Something I Saw In Brooklyn..." Galerie Elizabeth Valleix, Paris, France
- "GOTCHA!" ACME Art Company, Columbus, OH., Catalogue available
1995 - "CELEBRITY’ Hood," curated by Betti-Sue Hertz, Longwoods Art Project, Bronx
Council on the Arts, Bronx, New York
- "Stitches," FOUR WALLS, Writer/Artist Collaboration with Adnan Ashraf, Publication Available
- "GOTCHA!" curated by O. Donald Odita, Momenta Art, Williamsburg, New York,
- "Modern Life," curated by Okwui Enwezor and Carl Hazelwood, Aljira Center for
Contemporary Art, in conjunction with Newark museum, NJ
1995 - "Either/Or," curated by Kenny Schachter, Flamingo East, New York
- "Other Rooms," represented by Momenta Art & Pierogi 2000, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
- "Split-Level," Art-In-General, New York
- "Unfolding Stories," John Jay College of Art, Music & Philosophy, City University of NY
- "Pseudo Museum," curated by Alfredo Martinez, Concurrent exhibition on-line, Jupiter
Interactive Productions, New York
- "End-Or-Fin," BLACKOUT Books, New York
1994 - "Benefit For American Fine Arts, Co," American Fine Arts Co., New York
- "The Third Forum of Visual Art," An International Group Show, Museum of Art Brasilia
- "FIReD: a late nite comedy shOw," curated by O. Donald Odita, No BIAS, North Bennington, VT
- "FIReD: a late nite comedy shOw," curated by O. Donald Odita, THICKET, New York,
1994 - "GO BACK AND FETCH IT (IT MEANS SANKOFA)," Gallery ANNEXT and
RUSH Fine Arts Management, New York
1993 - "Trespass-Beyond Borders," curated by O. Donald Odita, Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
- "Line-Up: Critics choose from the 1993 OIA Salon Show," curated by O. Donald Odita,
Selections by Jane Farver, Charles Hagen, Elizabeth Hess, Saul Ostrow, Calvin Reid,
The Police Building, New York
- OIA Salon Show, New York
- "A Grand Tour," curated by Ingrid Schaffner, Swiss Institute, New York
- FIAR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE- Art Under 30 ( 1991-1993 ),"Milan, Rome, Paris,
London, Los Angeles, New York, New York selection by Dan Cameron, National
Academy of Design, NY, Catalogue available
1992 - "Without A Notion ( A Painting Show )," curated by Winston C. Robinson, 88 Room, Boston, MA
der KIOSK-"The Jaws of Domesticity," Installation, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Catalogue available
1990 - M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, VT
Southern Vermont College, Bennington, VT
Awards & Grants:
2003 The Thami Mnyele Foundation Grant for African Artists.
2001 Joan Mitchell Grant Recipient
2000 Nomination for Best Show of the Year for "Color Theory" by the International Association of Art Critics
in New York
1994 Penny McCall Foundation Grant
Museum Collections:
– The Birmingham Museum of Art
– The Miami Art Museum
– The Studio Museum of Harlem
Bibliography:
2003 David Bonetti "Contemporary Art’s New Home in St. Louis," Art in America, November
Ann Wilson Lloyd "Two Very Diffferent Museums Meet in St. Louis," The New York Times, Oct. 12
Courtney J. Martin "Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti," Flash Art, October
Carol Schwarzman "New New, New York," Art Papers, Sept./Oct.
Philippe Pirotte "Resistance. Odili Donald Odita in conversation with Philippe Pirotte," Exhibition
publication, Matrix Art Project, Brussels
Barbara Pollack "The Afrobeat Generation," The Village Voice, July 23
Holland Cotter "King of Music (and of All He Surveyed)," The New York Times, July 18
2002 Michelle Weinberg "Odili Donald Odita/Miami Art Museum," Tema Celeste, November
Holland Cotter "The New Season / Art", The New York Times, September 8
Gean Moreno "Odili Donald Odita/Miami Art Museum," Flash Art, October
***
"Painting as Paradox,", Tema Celeste, Vol. 19, No. 94, November-DecemberCharley 01; Ed. Subotnick Ali, Gioni Massimiliano and Maurizio Cattelan
Baer-Bogenschutz Frankfurter Rundschau, Kulturspiegel, February 27
Nicole Scheyerer Kunst Kurz, Vienna, Austria, February
Elisa Turner "Artistic patterns generate rhythmic pulse," The Herald, Miami, Sun. Sept. 9
Elisa Turner "Beyond the Abstract," The Herald, Miami, Sunday Sept. 9
Gregory Volk Art in America, May
Deborah Frizzell "Odili Donald Odita", NYArts, December
2001 " The Artists of Here & Now Talk About Painting and Poland" NYARTS, July/Aug
Barbara Pollack "The Newest Avant-Garde," ArtNews, April
Holland Cotter "Material and Matter," The New York Times, Friday, March 9
Roland Nasgaard "Pleasure of sigh and States of Being: Radical Abstract Painting Since 1990,"
Catalogue Essay, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts
Ariella Budick "No matter what they Use, It’s a work of Art," "Material and Matter"
Studio Museum in Harlem, Newsday, Friday, February 9
Steven Vincent "The Flat Pack," Art & Auction, January
2000 *** "Five Continents and One City," Art Nexus, February-April p. 108-110
*** "Vom Verlust des Fremden," Tagblatt, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Oct. 24
Olu Oguibe "The Burden of Painting," Catalogue Essay, FiveContinents and one City, Museo
de la Ciudad de Mexico
Gerhard Mack "Vom Verlust des Fremden," (Transfers/Odyssey), Tagblatt, St. Gallen, Oct. 24
Horace Brockington "After Representation," The International Review of African American Art,
Vol. 16, No. 4
Silvie Fortin "The Invisible Empire," NKA/Journal of Contemporary African Art, Fall/Winter
Denise Carvalho "Color Theory," NKA/Journal of Contemporary African Art, Fall/Winter
Calvin Read "How we got to Now" The International Review of African American Art, Vo16
Bibliography Continues:
2000 Barry Schwabsky "When the Artists are on Display Two by Two," The New York Times, Jan. 23
Nadine Kibanda "Color Theory," Flash Art Magazine,
<www.flashartmagazinelcom/exclusive/odita.html>Lauri Firstenberg "African Experiences: Mass Media Inspired Grids,"
Flash Art International, Jan-Feb1999 Neyda Luz Martinez "Odili Donald Odita at Florence Lynch" Postmedia,
*** "Odita at Florence Lynch", Flash Art International, November - December
Franklin Surmans "Odili Donald Odita at Florence Lynch" Time Out New York, November 4-11
Michael Rush "Odili Donald Odita at Florence Lynch" Review, November 1
Max Henry "Color in Culture," ArtNet, November
Kim Levin "Voice’s Choice," The Village Voice, October 26
Lilly Wei "In-Visible," exhibition Essay, Arsenal Gallery, Bailystok, Poland, September
1999 Franklin Surmans "Visual Arts Roundtable," The ILM A List, Apri/May
Franklin Surmans "Odili Donald Odita: Empty Signifiers and the Loaded Void," Exhibition
Essay, Gallery 101, Ontario, Canada
Holland Cotter The New York Times, February 12
1999 Anita Euteneier "Painter writes on black body," Ottawa’s arts news & notes, Capital City,
Jan28/Feb3Carl Hazlewood "Crossing Lines," Art Papers Magazine, April/May
1998 Jennifer Dalton "Art in General Presents Work That’s Not Off the Wall", The Tribeca Trib, Dec.
Annie Provo "On View: Williamsburg Brooklyn," (REALLY), New Art
Examiner, July/August, pg.44
Calvin Reid "REALLY," artwURL, (World Wide Web), March-April
1997 Gordon Haist "The Familiar and the Unthought," (REALLY), Elenchus: The
Journal of the Society for Philosophical Inquiry, Volume II, Issue I, pgs 8-9
*** "REALLY," Waterfront Week, Volume 7, Number 24, December pg.24
International Art Tour: Johannesburg Biennale, People Page (World
Wide Web), The New School
1997 Carl Hazlewood "Interior-Life Contests Conservatism," Flash Art International,
Volume 30, Number 197, November-December, pg. 57
"At The Galleries: RUSH Arts," Flash Art International, Vol 30, No. 196, Oct, pg.57
Okwui Enwezor "Neglected Artform or Poor Relation?" Contemporary South African
Art: The Gencor Collection, pgs. 65-79
Susan Canning "Studio View," New Art Examiner, April, pg. 40
Betti-Sue Hertz "CELEBRITY’ Hood," Longwood Arts Council/Bronx, Manual
1996 Betti-Sue Hertz "CELEBRITY’ Hood," Longwood Arts Council/ Bronx, Manual
*** "Artist Spotlight," Arude Magazine, Volume 2, No. 5, Fall Issue, pg.14
Olu Oquibe "Guest of the Month," Dr. Olu Oquibe Homepage, (World Wide Web), Nov
Okwui Enwezor & "Moving-In," Flash Art International, Volume 29, Number 186,
& Octavio Zaya January-February, pgs 84-89
*** "GOTCHA!" Columbus Alive, January 31-February 6
Geoffrey Jacques "GOTCHA!" Cover Magazine, Volume 10, Number 1, Holiday Issue
*** Stitches; Adnan Ashraf/Odili Donald Odita - In the collection of
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Betti-Sue Hertz "CELEBRITY’ Hood," Longwood Arts Council/ Bronx, Manual
*** "Split-Level," Art-In-General, Manual, Annual exhibitions catalogue
Okwui Enwezor "A Continuously Elaborated Task," Modern Life
Vivien Raynor "Many Vantage Points on Modern Life," New York Times, November 5
Eileen Watkins "Humanity In High-Tech World," The Sunday Star Ledger, November5
Roberta Smith "Other Rooms," New York Times, Friday, July 28
Kim Levin "Other Rooms," The Village Voice, July
*** "GOTCHA!," Catalogue in conjunction with traveling exhibition, GOTCHA!
1994 *** "Fire At Will," Catalogue in conjunction with traveling exhibition,
"FIReD: a late nite comedy shOw
Bibliography Continues:
1994 *** "Split Level," Art-In-General, Manual, Annual exhibitions catalogue
*** "FIReD: a late nite comedy shOw," Bennington Banner, Banner, October 6
*** "Portfolio Page," A Gathering of the TRIBES, Volume 4, Number 1
*** "Trespass-Beyond Borders," Video document in collection of the
Kunstmuseum, St. Galleen, Switzerland
1993 Stuart Nicholson "The Critics Choose," Cover Magazine, Volume 7, Number 7
Dan Cameron "The Dowager Queen," FIAR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE- Art Under
30: Milan, Rome, Paris, London, Los Angeles, New York, 1991-
1993, Catalogue for traveling exhibition
1992 *** "der KIOSK," Catalogue for KIOSK Project, St. Gallen, Switzerland,
Aug ‘91-‘92
Published Essays:
2002 "Julie Moos;" review, Flash Art International, Vol. 34, No. 222, January-February, pg. 94.
"Pipo Nguyen-Duy," Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Asian American Issues in the Contemporary Visual Arts;
University of California Press; Elaine Kim & Margo Machida, Editors.
2001 "Dan Devine;" Global Art, Flash Art International, Vol. 33, No. 216, January-February, 2001, pg. 106.
2000 "Pipo Nguyen-Duy," Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Asian American Issues in the Contemporary
Visual Arts; University of California Press, Elaine Kim & Margo Machida, Editors
"Cecily Brown," Interview, Flash Art International, Vol. 33, No. 215, November-December, pp. 70-74
"Paul Graham," review, Flash Art International, Vol. 33, No. 215, November-December, pp. 106
1999 "The Clubs of Babako," at Deitch Projects, review, Flash Art International, Vol. 32, No. 206, May-June
"Lisa Ruyter," review, Flash Art International, Vol. 32, No. 204, January February
"Robert Colescott," review at Phyllis Kind for Art Papers, Fall
"Kenny Schachter," Interview, Flash Art International, Fall
1997 "Oladele Ajiboye Bamgbove," Global Art Section, Flash Art International, Vol. 31, No. 201, Summer
"Oladele Ajiboye Bamgboye," Catalogue essay for exhibition at CULTURGEST, Lisbon, Portugal
"Contemporary Art In Asia: Traditions/Tensions," NKA, Journal of Contemporary African Art,
Summer-Fall, Vol. 1, No. 6/7
"The Unseen, Inside-Out: The Life & Art of Senga Nengudi," NKA, Journal of Contemporary
African Art, Summer-Fall, Vol. 1, No.6/7
"Carolee Schneemann & Joycelyn Taylor," Arude Magazine, Summer, Vol. 2, No. 7
"Senga Nengudi," Global Art Section, Flash Art International, Summer
"Mary Boone/Carol Greene/Romy Phillips/Eric Heist/Laura Parnes," Arude Magazine, Spring, Vol. 2, N 6
"Denyse Thomasos," Exhibition essay for Queens Museum, January
1996 "The Unseen, Inside-Out: The Life & Art of Senga Nengudi," Catalogue for Thomas Erben Fine Art
"Stitches in Time: A Conversation with Oliver Herring," Arude Magazine, Spring Issue, Vol. 1, No. 4
"Ike Ude at Wessel O’Conner Gallery," ZING Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2
1995 "Fred Wilson/Ralph Raphael Fleming - Review," Arude Magazine, Fall Issue, Vol. 1, No. 3
"Global-Vision: (Ouattara at 65 Thompson/Gagosian Gallery, April 29 - June 10, 1995)," Nka,
Journal of Contemporary African Art, September, Vol. 1, No. 3
"This Exhibition Was Brought To You By..(A note on the "Black Male" at the Whitney
Museum)," Nka, Journal of Contemporary African Art, September, Vol. 1, No. 2
"Global Vision: (Ouattara at 65 Thompson/Gagosian Gallery, April 29 - June 10, 1995).";
NKA, Journal of Contemporary African Art, Volume 1 Number 3 April, 1995.
"This Exhbition Was Brought to you By…(A note on the "Black Male" at the Whitney Museum);";
NKA, Journal of Contemporary African Art, Volume 1, Number 2, April, 1995
TEACHING:
2000-Present
– Associate Professor of Painting, Florida State University, Tallahassee.
2003 – Guest Lecturer at Xavier University, New Orleans, LA.
2002/03– Visiting Associate Professor of Painting & Drawing, University of South Florida, Tampa.
2002 – Guest Lecturer at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama.
– Guest Lecturer at the Miami Art Museum, Miami.
2001 – Visiting Artist, University of South Florida, Tampa. Spring 2001
2000 – Juror, Undergraduate Scholarship Award, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
– Guest Lecturer at University of South Florida, Tampa.
– Guest Lecturer at Florida State University, Tallahassee.
– Guest Lecturer at Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine.
1999 – Adjunct Faculty, The New School University, Eugene Lang College
– Adjunct Faculty, New Jersey City University.
– Guest Lecturer at Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Graduate School, PA.
– Guest Lecturer/Artist Workshop at Columbia College Chicago, IL.
1997 – Painting Instructor at the Bennington July Program, VT
1995 – "Voices in Contemporary African and African-American Art," Guest Lecturer,
BenningtonCollege, Bennington, VT.
1994 – "The Transcendental and the Political in Contemporary Black Art," Guest Lecturer, Montclair
State University, Upper Montclair, NJ.
– "The Transcendental and the Political in Contemporary Black Art," Guest Lecturer, Temple
University, Tyler School of Art, Graduate School, PA.
1989-1997- Drawing Instructor at the Bennington July Program, VT.
CONFERENCES:
2002 –"Sentiment & Sentimentality in Contemporary Artmaking," University of South Florida, Tampa; panelist.
2001 – Contemporary African Art Colloquium, Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of African Art; panelist.
2000 – Juror, Undergraduate Scholarship Award, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
1999 – "Negotiating the Taxonomy of Contemporary African Art;" Panelist, The 87 Annual CAA Conference, Los Angeles, CA. Moderated by Lauri Firstenberg, Harvard University and
John Peffer, Columbia University.
1998 – "12 Keyword Conference" at The Rockefeller Foundation, Arts and Humanities Division;
Organized and Moderated by Michael Brenson, The Rockefeller Foundation, NYC.
– "Contemporary Art in Africa: The Johannesburg Biennale;" Panelist, The New School, NYC.
1996 – "The Future of Alternative;" Panelist, Brooklyn Brewery, NYC; Organized by National Association of
Artists' Organization.
TEACHING AWARDS:
2001 – Developing Scholar Award; The Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2001-2002.
– Black Faculty Grant; The Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2001-2002.
Related Experience:
1998-Present Juror, Zoral Neal Hurston Center, Eatonville, Florida.
Juror, Louisiana Biennial, New Orleans, LA, with Valerie Cassel (Curator,
Contemporary Art Museum, Houston), and Terry R. Myers (Art critic from Los Angeles).
Director, CONNECT, <http://plexus.org/connect>, Sponsored by PLEXUS
1997-98 Consulting Editor, NKA, Journal of Contemporary African Art , New York, NY
1997 Visual Arts Panel, Grants Review Board, The Westchester Arts Council, NY
1997 Coordinator, Auction Board, The Alternative Museum, New York
1996-Present Artist Advisory Board, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1996-98 Art Editor, Arude Magazine, New York, NY
1994-Present Board Member, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
1993 Assistant to Director, Kenkeleba House, New York, NY
1992-93 Auction Coordinator, Benefit Auction, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
1990-91 Curatorial Assistant for Dan Cameron, New York, NY
1989-Present Drawing Program Instructor, Bennington College - July Program, Bennington, VT