Artist Art Historian Curator Writer
Born in 1947, Copenhagen, Denmark
Residing in Langley on Whidbey Island, Washington
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Master of Arts in Art History, Tufts University, 1986
Graduate level courses in Art History, Harvard University Extension, 1980-82
Undergraduate and graduate courses in Art History, Copenhagen University, 1976-80
ART BACKGROUND
Holbæk Kunsthøjskole, Holbæk, 1964-65
Studied poetry with Inger Christensen and Poul Borum
Den Experimenterende Kunstskole, Copenhagen, 1963-64
Studied with Poul Gernes, Per Kirkeby and Troels Andersen
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Gallery Director, University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 1987-2012
One-person exhibitions include: Ilya Kabakov, Ana Mendieta, Frank Stella, Nancy Spero, George Segal, Mark Dion, Per Kirkeby, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Ernst Haeckel, Karl Blossfelt, Richard Winther, Henrik Drescher, Josef Sudek, Karel Tuma, Cecilia Vicuña
Curator, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1985-87
One-person exhibitions include: Paula Modersohn-Becker, Kathe Kollwitz, Alberto Giacometti, Henri Michaux, Mary Miss
Researcher, ICA, Boston, 1984-85
Worked with Elisabeth Sussman and David Ross
ACADEMIC TEACHING
Graduate Seminars at Massachusetts College of Art, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Rhode Island School of Design.
Undergraduate courses taught at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Rhode Island School of Design
PUBLICATIONS
“Per Kirkeby: The 1960s,” Michael Werner Gallery, New York and Cologne, 1994
Reviews and articles in Harvard Review, Sculpture, Speculum, Fiber Art Now
Essays in exhibition catalogs for the Danforth Art Museums and University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
RESIDENCIES
Assens Artist in Residence Program, Fyn, Denmark, 2018
One-Sided Story at Halle 14, the Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany, 2012-13
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, New York, 2006