Curriculum Vitae
Education:
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USC Roski School of Art & Design- Master's 2013
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Program: Comparative literature, Contemporary Art History, and Curatorial Practices
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Art History Ph.D. coursework in Comparative Literature -Trauma and Memory in Latin America and Spain
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USC Roski School of Art & Design, Art History | Studio
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Glendale Community College, Graphic Design | Drawing
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UCLA, Art History | Theatre Arts
Curatorial Projects:
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Black Bodies in Propaganda, NW African American Museum, 2016
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Posing Beauty, NW African American Museum, 2015
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Jimi Hendrix Environmental Paintings, NW African American Museum, 2015
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Colored Girls: Works of Art by Women of the African, Asian and Latin Diaspora, Autonomie, 2015
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A Book as a Work of Art for All, Autonomie Projects, 2015
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Tania Bruguera: The St. Francis Effect, Santa Monica Museum, 2014 (participant)
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Madame Bovary, Mieke Bal, Ph.D., Cultural theorist and Michelle Gawker, 2014
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LAXART's Office Hours with Tania Bruguera, USC Curatorial Practicum, 2013
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Between Bodies, USC Curatorial Practicum, 2013
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Carttetillas en la Cuidad (Havana, Cuba Biennial) Samuel Riera Gallery, Vedado, Cuba, 2012
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Obedientes, Samuel Riera Gallery, Vedado, Cuba, 2012
Research and Published Texts
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Diasporagasm, 2017. Catalog essay
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Walter Hopps: Redefining the Artworld. Essay. /seconds. Edition #16, Sharjah, UAE. November 30, 2017
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TANKAH: De Las Tinieblas Hacia el Sol/From The Underworld To The Sun, 2017. Catalog Essay
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No Justice, No Peace: LA 1992, (2017) California African American Museum. KCET Art Bound Review
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Dominique Moody, Signifying Form, 2017. Catalog Essay
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Following the Spirit: Paper--Selected Works by Belkis Ayon and Ana Mendieta, 2014
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In Studio with Yrneh Gabon, Visibly/Invisible, California African American Museum, 2014. Catalog essay
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Performance of Memory and Ritual: Selected Works by Ana Mendieta and Tania Bruguera, 2013. Thesis
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Operation Pedro Pan, 2013, Thesis
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Women Weavers of the Bauhaus, 2013
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Renee Cox: Black Feminism and Photography, 2012
Art Exhibitions | Group Shows
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"Mothership: An Exploration into Afrofuturism” (2020) Oakland Museum of California
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"Transformations" (2020) The Wende Museum
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"Masterpiece" (2020) Band of Vices Gallery
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"The Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind The Iron Curtain" (2019) The Wende Museum)
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"Metropolis: A Snapshot of Art Making in Los Angeles" (2019) Bruce Lurie Gallery
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"Calafia: Manifesting the Terrestrial Paradise" (2019) The Armory
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"Continuant" (2019) Noysky Gallery
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"Plus One" (2019) Art Share Los Angeles
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"You Is Pretty: Surrealism and the Black Imaginary" (2018) Band of Vices Gallery
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"House of Witnessing," Simone Leigh/BWA for BLM, Project Row Houses, Houston, 2017
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"Mass Incarceration" HVW8 Gallery, 2017
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"Black and Brown Love is Revolutionary" Ave 50 Gallery, 2017
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"Black Lives Matter Altar," BLM, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 2016
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Artists of Color Flash Mob, Hammer Museum, 2016
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"Hard Edged" California African American Museum, 2015
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One Image-One Minute (performance), Gallery Tally, 2015
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Performance, The Descent of Alette: A Reading, Alice Notley, Khalil Huffman, 2014
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Riley Mann, See Me, Times Square, NY, Photography FInalist, 2013
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Untitled, C.O.L.A., LA Municipal Art Gallery, 2008
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Cultural Exchange with Karen Chu, Karen Koblitz, USC Hillel Art Gallery, 2007
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Wasted Lives (7 min. Video) Lindhurst Gallery, 2006
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Faces in the Office (video), USC Fisher Gallery, 2005
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Freddie Roaches Boxing Gym, 5-channel video-PanoChamber Project, USC School of Engineering, 2005
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Wasted Lives (7 min. Video) Intermedia, Helen Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery, 2004
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Public Presentations
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Discussant: “How Will Feminist Culture Engage the Future?". College Art Association, 2018
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Moderator: "We Wanted A Revolution: Black Radical Women 1960-1985." CAAM Symposium, 2018
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Discussant—Twilight: 25 Years After the LA Riots, Intersectionality, 2017
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Conversation with Yrneh Gabon, Dragonflies Water, and Fire, Otis College of Art, 2016
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Discussant—Social and Public Art in Los Angeles Today, Southwest Los Angeles College, 2016
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Discussant— Hard Edge exhibition,." California African American Museum, 2016
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Presenter: "Harmon and Harriet Kelly: African American Works on Paper. Northwest African Museum, 2015
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Discussant: "Navigating the Art Institution," California Community Foundation, 2015
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Discussant: Lili Bernard Otis Graduate, Micro–Aggression in Academia, 2014
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Doris Salcedo: Locating the Trauma and Memory in Selected Works, 2013.
Photographic Documentation
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Rafa Esparza, A Meditation on Freedom, Los Angeles, 2015
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I Feel As If I Have Two Wolves Fighting in My Heart, Stephanie Allespach, LACE, 2012
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Trespass Parade with Arto Lindsay and Rirkrit Tiravanija Getty-sponsored, region-wide initiative,
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Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, 2011
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West of Rome Public Art Trespass Party with Arto Lindsay and Rirkrit Tiravanija, Union Station, 2011
Press
https://www.laweekly.com/the-medea-insurrection-lifts-the-iron-curtain/
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USC Trojan Magazine. USC Alumna Chelle Barbour Brings Improvisation to Art “Chelle Barbour: A multidisciplinary artist creates portraits that reimagine notions of black women,” Spring 2019
https://news.usc.edu/trojan-family/chelle-barbour-artist-usc-alumni/
https://blavity.com/tags/Chelle-Barbour
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Art and Cake. Chelle Barbour’s You Is Pretty! By Genie Davis, 2018
https://artandcakela.com/2018/10/10/chelle-barbour-at-band-of-vices/
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Gallery Girls: “In Conversation with Chelle Barbour: Dazzling Debut Show of Afro-Surrealist Collages Curated by Angela Bassett”, 2018
https://goodblacknews.org/tag/chelle-barbour/
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AfroPunk. Angela Bassett To Curate Afro-Surrealist Exhibition. By Erin White, September 14, 2018
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ArtWeek
https://www.artweek.com/events-artist/chelle-barbour#
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YouTube. “Pam Smith-Hudson on Chelle Barbour” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IU3p6qcR-8
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Laura Luna. “In Conversation w/Melvin Marshall - Band of Vices Gallery - Chelle Barbour You Is Pretty!”
William Poundstone on Art and Chaos
http://lacmaonfire.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-medea-insurrection-at-wende.html
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The Grio. “Angela Bassett co-curates dynamic art show exploring portrayals of Black women in media.” By Kia Morgan-Smith, September 10, 2018
https://thegrio.com/2018/09/10/angela-bassett-co-curates-dynamic-art-show-exploring-portrayals-of-black- women-in-media/
Professional Affiliations
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Tacoma Art Museum, 30 Americans Exhibition Advisory Board
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Advisory Board Member, Arts Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
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Society of Hysteric Curators
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College Art Association
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Alliance of Museum Professionals
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