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Lauren DeLand

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., art history, University of Minnesota
  • M.A., art history, University of Minnesota
  • B.F.A., fiber, art history, Kansas City Art Institute

Credentials

Teaching experience

  • Professor, liberal arts, Fall 2019–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • Assistant professor, department of fine arts, Spring 2017–Spring 2019
    Adjunct assistant professor, women’s and gender studies program, Spring 2017– Spring 2019, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN

Professional experience

  • Adjunct lecturer, 2018–19, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
    Designed and delivered both broad and specialized tours of the encyclopedic collection of the Art Institute of Chicago for a variety of adult learners and special interest groups. Delivered off-site lectures on select works in the museum's collection for off-campus events in the Chicagoland area.
  • Associate director, 2018–2019
    Guest curator, 2017–18, Efrain Lopez Gallery, Chicago
    Assisted in exhibition installation and deinstallation; produced press releases, biographic texts, and art fair proposals; and assisted in preparing curriculum vitae and artists' statements. Assisted in securing other exhibitions on the behalf of represented artists. Served as primary liaison for Julie Excoffier, Amaili Jakobson, Kisa Kirk, Eva Löfdahl, Anuar Maauad, and Noe Martinez.
  • Curatorial team, 2016–19, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    Curated a series of works by Edie Fake and a roster of presentations for Queer Forms, a series of multidisciplinary art exhibitions and public programs.
  • Researcher, Department of Visual Arts, 2012
    Special projects researcher, Department of Performing Arts, 2011
    Performing arts intern, 2010
    Visual arts intern, 2009, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Nominee, Founders Day Teaching Award, Indiana University Northwest, 2019
  • Midwest Art History Society Emerging Scholar Distinguished Presentation Award, 2018
  • Nominee, Founders Day Teaching Award, Indiana University Northwest, 2017
  • Summer Faculty Fellowship for Research, Indiana University Northwest, 2017
  • Summer Faculty Fellowship for Research, Indiana University Northwest, 2016
  • Midwest Art History Society Graduate Student Presentation Award, 2013

Publications and presentations

Peer-reviewed and invited publications

  • "This Dance Which Is Not One: Carole McCurdy's ((waver))," The Drama Review: TDR, Vol. 62, Issue 4, Dec. 2018.
  • "A Fig Leaf for Jeff Koons: Pornography, Privacy, and Made in Heaven," Criticism, Vol 60, No.3, Summer 2018.
  • "Ron Athey's 1994 Minneapolis Performance and the Anatomy of a Media Scandal," Walker Reader, July 11, 2018.
  • "Pattern Engulfing: The Danger of the Decorative," Patty Carroll, Anonymous Women, Hillsborough, N.C.: Daylight Books, 2016.
  • "Live Fast, Die Young, Leave a Useful Corpse: The Terrible Utility of David Wojnarowicz," Performance Research, Vol. 19, Issue 1, Feb. 2014.
  • "Black Skin, Black Masks: The Citational Self in the Work of Glenn Ligon," Criticism, Vol. 4, No. 54, Fall 2012.

Art criticism and other publications

  • "Chanel Chiffon Thomas," Art in America, Vol. 107, No. 4, April 2019.
  • "Andrew Norman Wilson," Art in America, Vol. 107, No. 3, March 2019.
  • "Jessica Campbell," Art in America, Vol. 106, No. 11, December 2018.
  • "Otobong Nkanga," Art in America, Vol. 106, No. 9, Oct. 2018.
  • "Elliott Hundley," Art in America, Vol. 106, No. 8, Sept. 2018.
  • "Magalie Guérin," Art in America, Vol. 106, No. 4, March 2018.
  • "Faith Wilding," Art in America, Vol. 106, No. 2, Feb. 2018.
  • "Michael Rakowitz," Art in America, Vol. 106, No. 2, Feb. 2018.
  • "Jennifer Packer," Art in America, Vol. 105, No. 9, Nov. 2017.
  • "Tania Pérez Códova," Art in America, Vol. 105, No. 8, Oct. 2017.
  • Hélio Oiticica," Art in America, Vol. 105, No. 6, June/July 2017.
  • "Kader Attia," Art in America, Vol. 105, No. 5, May 2017.
  • "Alma Allen," Art in America, Vol. 105, No. 2, Feb. 2017.
  • "Amalie Jakobsen," Art in America, Vol. 104, No. 11, Nov. 2016.
  • "Sanford Biggers," Art in America, Vol. 104, No. 5, May 2016.
  • "Author of Astonishment: Charlotte Moorman at the Block Museum," Art in America, April 2016.

Conferences, presentations, and guest critiques

  • "TV Eye: The Media Savvy of David Wojnarowicz," presented at College Art Association 107th Annual Conference, New York, Feb. 2019.
  • "It's Too Late to Be Late Again: Failure, Repetition, and Queer Time in the Performances of Sharon Hayes," presented at Midwest Art Society 45th Annual Conference, Indianapolis, April 2018.
  • "A Fig Leaf for Jeff Koons: Pornography, Privacy, and Made in Heaven." presented at Midwest Art History Society 44th Annual Conference, Cleveland, April 2017.
  • Invited respondent, Final Critiques for the Master of Fine Arts Graduate Seminar, Department of Visual Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, March 2017.
  • "Beauty's Bludgeon; Invisibility's Bliss," presented at Philosophy Club Symposium, The University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, Minn., May 2015.
  • Discussion moderator, "The Culture Wars: Then and Now," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, March 2015.
  • Co-facilitator, "The Culture Wars: Then and Now Graduate Symposium," University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, March, 2015.
  • "The Artist," presented for ArtH 3401: Art Now course, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, June 2013.
  • "Feminist Art Histories: An Introduction to Subjects and Authors," invited lecturer at Women's Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive, St. Catharine University, St. Paul, Minn., June 2013.
  • "Live Fast, Die Young, Leave a Useful Corpse: The Terrible Utility of David Wojnarowicz," presented at Midwest Art History Society 40th Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio, March 2013.