Canadian and UK citizenships, American Green Card.


EDUCATION 

 

2007        Ph.D History of Art. University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK. 

                 Title: Darwinism in 19th Century German Art, Supervisor: Prof. Jean Michel Massing

1999        MA History of Art. Ludwig Maximillians Universität, Munich, Germany.

                 Title: Theory of Evolution in the Early Drawings of Alfred Kubin, Supervisor: Prof. Steffi Roettgen

1994        BA History and Theory of Art. Cum Laude. University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

1993        BFA Studio Art. Cum Laude. University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

 

20 YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

 

2023,24,25  Sessional Instructor

                   School of Languages and Literatures, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

                   Course: Gender and Modernism in Europe 1848-1920

 

2017-19    Lecturer 

       Utah Valley University, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Orem UT

       Courses: Humanities through the Arts 1010, x5 per semester

       Mothers in Art, Literature and Culture (Summer 2018)

 

2014-17     Adjunct Instructor

       Utah Valley University, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Orem UT

       Humanities through the Arts: x3 courses per semester 

       Monsters in Art History: Past and Present (Summer 2018)

 

2014           Adjunct Instructor

      University of Utah, Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning

               Course: Scandals in the History of Art

 

2005-08      Adjunct Instructor, Department of Art and Art History

                       University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 

                       Course taught : Introduction to Art History (11 sessions)

                  Senior Seminar : Art and Science (Summer 2006)

 

COURSES UNIVERSITY LEVEL Syllabi gladly provided

 

2023       Gender and Modernism in Europe 1848-1920, School of Languages and Literatures, University of Guelph

2018        Mothers in Art, Literature and Culture. Department of Humanities, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah. 

2015        Monsters in Art History: Past and Present. Department of Art, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah.  

2008        Art and Science. Department of Art and Art History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 

INDEPENDENT CURATOR  -concept, artist liaison, layout design, installation, press statements, wall texts, catalog w/ essay, tours. 

 

2021        Wildfires in Utah Art, Lands and Homes. Bountiful-Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT. 

Curatorial Tour https://youtu.be/jAr7jADYEsE?t=5

2019        Through the Looking Glass : Distortion in Contemporary Utah Art. The Leonardo Museum, Salt Lake City, UT

https://theleonardo.org/through-the-looking-glass-lenses-in-the-arts/                                 

2014        John Erickson. Dog, Interrupted. Catalog for John Erickson at Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT. June 20-July 14, 2014

2000        Crème de la Crème, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge UK, Nov-Dec.2000

 

MUSEUM EXPERIENCE 

 

1994+     Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany 1994-1998

                  Apprentice, Assistant Curator to Drs. Annegret Hoberg and Barbara Eschenburg

o   English correspondence support, translation for Director Dr. Helmut Friedel incl. loan negotiation         

o   translation of catalog essays eg. Alberto Burri The Surface at Risk and foreign exhibition contracts

o   documentation of Heinrich Heine Archive, Alfred Kubin Archive, Maria Marc Letters.

o   transcription of artist letters for artist data bank (Wassily Kandinsky, Franz and Maria Marc, Albert Bloch)

o   general museum functions: editorial support, catalog production, wall text, openings etc. 

 

1991        National Gallery of Canada, Musée des Beaux Arts, Ottawa, Canada, 1991-92

                  One-Year Apprenticeship, Education Department. Creation of ‘Education Packets’ for travelling shows  

                 comprising photocopies of related material from NGC library

 

PUBLICATIONS : Selected, AICA Member since 2018

         

2026        Marine Exotica and Goldfish in Early Modern Painting. In: Sparkle, Gleam, Glitter Glow: Reflective/Refractive Optical        

                  Mediums and Effects in Art. Howie, E. and Miller, S. (eds), Brill, 2026                

2024       Georgia O’keefe and Henry Moore: Giants of Modern Art. In: Border Crossings, August 2024

2021        Black Art in Utah Highlights Systemic Racism in the Beehive State. In: www.hyperallergic.com, March 2021

2020        Cara Despain at Southern Utah Art Museum. In: www.hyperallergic.com November 2020  

2019        Score for Wavelength, An Homage to Michael Snow. ASAP Journal September 2019

2017        Cara Despain at Central Utah Art Center. Sculpture Magazine. March 2017

2008        Darwin or Dionysus? The Fabulous Beasts of Arnold Böcklin,’ In: Graciano, Andrew (ed). New Essays on Art and Science in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Cambridge Scholars 2008

2005        ‘Naturfreund or Naturfeind? Darwinism in the Early Drawings of Alfred Kubin.’ In: Zweierlein, Anne-Julia. Unmapped Countries: Biological Visions in Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture. London, Anthem Press, 2005. 

  

PUBLIC SPEAKING : Selected

 

2026 Paula Modersohn Becker. Gender and Modernity in Europe 1848-1920. SOLAL, University of Guelph

2024 Painting Darwinism in 19th Century Germany. Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

2024      European Museums as Chimera. Display, Empire, Nativism and Repatriation. 'Europe and the World' Prof.Odartey-     

                Wellington, SOLAL, University of Guelph,  youtu.be/Nd6dMuu11Ow?si=1Exx10Ef1Y-QuWrS&t=3   

2023       Respondent for Panel with Prof James E Young, Koffler Center, Toronto (November symposium w/ Koffler Center)

2021       Portrait Pebbles for ‘Migration, Memory and the Visual Arts.’ Univ. Leicester https://youtu.be/zreIS2CoZH8?t=1357

2021        Curatorial Tour ‘Wildfires in Utah Art, Lands and Homes  https://youtu.be/jAr7jADYEsE?t=5

2020        Art Criticism in the Mormon West, Association of Int’l Art Critics at College Art Association (CAA), Chicago. 

2019        Looking at Animals, Darwinism in 19th Century German Art. Invited Speaker to ‘Behaving Like Animals’ Univ. of Utah

2018        Slow Snow. 50th Anniversary of Michael Snow’s Wavelength. ASAP Conference, Vrije Universitet, Amsterdam

2018        The Dream and Demise of the Arnold Friberg Museum. 8th Annual Humanities Symposium, Utah Valley University

2017        David Bowie’s Art Collection. In: ‘David Bowie Post-Modernist‘ Seminar of Dr Katherine Reed, Utah Valley University

2017        Portrait Pebbles: an Overview. In: Peacebuilding Through the arts Seminar of Dr Michael Minch, Utah Valley University

2017        Adaptations in Art: Darwinism & Painting in Late 19th Century. 7th Annual Humanities Symposium, Utah Valley University

2011        Darwinian Art: An Introduction. Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT

2009        Cercle et Carré: Reconstructing the Events. Georgia Museum of Art, Athens

2009        Vienna: Art and Architecture. Utah Symphony and Opera Outreach Program, Salt Lake City, UT

2008        The Fantasy Beasts of Arnold Böcklin. York University, Toronto, Canada. 

2006        Darwinian Men in Late Nineteenth Century German Art. Fierce Friends Exhibition Symposium. Carnegie / Pittsburgh

2004        Vestiges of Darwinism and Devolution in the Early Drawings of Alfred Kubin. Conference in Bamberg, Germany

2004        Darwin’s Menagerie? Animal Symbolism in Selected Works by Gustav Klimt. Assoc. Art Historians, Nottingham, England

2003        The Degenerate Art of Alfred Kubin (1877-1959). Wolfson College, Oxford. 

2001        Evolution in the Classical Tradition. Darwinian Themes in Paintings by Arnold Böcklin. Courtauld Institute, London.