Artist/Curator/Curator/Artist
January 22 – March 8, 2024
Thursday, February 1, there will be a gallery talk with the artists in the exhibit at 5:00pm, followed by a reception at 5:30pm.
What is an artist curator? An artist-curator is a practicing artist who also curates shows or runs not-for-profit spaces from which they exhibit their art and that of other artists. For some artist-curators, it is the freedom to create art, control its output and have a say in how it is exhibited that appeals, for others it is a means of survival, a way of gaining exposure for the art that they and others do. Tate.org.UK
Like musicians who produce albums or conduct orchestras, actors who write screenplays and direct movies, many visual artists also curate exhibitions in gallery or academic settings, in addition to their own art practice. The artists in this exhibit maintain both these activities, one often informing the other. The act of curating parallels the activity in the studio, i.e., an idea is expressed and manifested materially.
Participating artists:
Andrew Witkin – Krakow Witkin Gallery
https://jamesharrisgallery.com/artists/andrew-witkin
https://www.krakowwitkingallery.com
Danielle Krcmar – Curator RSM Art Gallery, Bentley College
https://www.bentley.edu/library/in-the-know/welcoming-danielle-krcmar-new-curator-rsm-art-gallery
https://www.somervilleopenstudios.org/web/artists/artist_profile/2198
https://www.bentley.edu/library/in-the-know/tags/danielle-krcmar
Andrew Mroczek – Director Lunder Gallery, Lesley University
https://www.andrewmroczek.com/about
https://lesley.edu/stories/andrew-mroczek
Candice Smith Corby – Gallery Director Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College
https://www.candicesmithcorby.com/about-2
https://www.candicesmithcorby.com/portfolio
Boriana Kantcheva – Director of Visual Arts, Mosesian Center for the Arts
https://www.borianakantcheva.com
https://www.borianakantcheva.com/about
John Guthrie – Director, Gallery Very
https://www.thejohnguthrie.com
Kathleen O’Hara – Co-director Drive By Projects
https://kathleenjohara.com/curatorial-independent-curator/
Deborah Davidson – Director, Suffolk University Gallery
https://www.deborahdavidson.net
https://www.suffolk.edu/cas/centers-institutes/art-gallery/our-director#
Related links:
Artist as curator when the artist takes the control
https://www.sybariscollection.com/artist-as-curator-when-the-artist-takes-the-control/
Artist/Curator – TATE
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/artist-curator
Coco Fusco
Curator As Artist As Curator
https://curatingthecontemporary.org/2015/04/30/curator-as-artist-as-curator/
The artist as curator the curator as artist
Article in the Observer: The 51 Artists, Curators, Directors and Dealers Changing the Art World in 2018
Gallery Hours
2024
11AM - 3PM
And by appointment
Monday - Friday
Location
Suffolk University Gallery – Sawyer Building 6th Floor
8 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108
Closed on university holidays & weekends