31st Annual Artscape
JULY 20 - 22, 2012
Juror Bios
|
The 2012 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize panel consists of three accomplished jurors from the arts industry: Carlos Basualdo, Jane Hait and Shinique Smith. Carlos Basualdo is the Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Curator of Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and curator-at-large at the Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI) in Rome, Italy. At the Philadelphia Museum of Art, he oversees the museum's contemporary art collection and develops temporary exhibitions. In 2006, he initiated two exhibition series at the museum called Notations and Live Cinema, both of which are devoted to the permanent collection and video. In 2010, he organized a survey exhibition of the work of the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, a collaboration between the Philadelphia Museum of Art and MAXXI, where it traveled in the spring of 2011. He is currently working on Dancing Around the Bride: John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Marcel Duchamp, which is scheduled to open in Philadelphia in the fall of 2012. His other curatorial projects include Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens that represented the United States at the 2007 Venice Biennale, where it was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation. He has additionally been part of the curatorial teams for Documenta11, the 50th Venice Biennale and conceived and curated Tropicalia: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture, which traveled from the MCA Chicago to the Barbican Gallery in London (2004/2005), as well as the Bronx Museum in New York and the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro (2006/2007). Jane Hait is co-owner and director of Wallspace gallery in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood. Under her direction, Wallspace has been featuring groundbreaking exhibitions of emerging artists since its opening more than seven years ago – often providing artists with their first solo exhibitions in New York. The vast majority of artists that the gallery represents are based outside New York. Wallspace is also a member of the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), an influential group of international art dealers. The gallery regularly participates in Art Basel Miami Beach and will be featured in the inaugural Frieze New York art fair occurring in May 2012. Shinique Smith, a Baltimore native and Maryland Institute College of Art graduate, is a prolific multimedia artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Among her vast exhibition history are solo exhibitions at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison, WI in 2011; the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, FL in 2010; the Studio Museum in Harlem, NY in 2009; and Moti Hasson Gallery in New York in 2007. Her work has also been featured in dozens of group exhibitions including Extended Family: Contemporary Connections at the Brooklyn Museum; Waste Not, Want Not at the Socrates Sculpture Park; RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution; and the enormously popular traveling exhibition 30 Americans that is currently on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art through February 12, 2012. Smith and her artwork have been featured in ArtNews, The New York Times, Artforum, The Washington Post, W Magazine, Art Magazine, among many others. Additionally, her artwork is included in the permanent collections of several institutions. Her diverse experience also includes murals, incorporating her artwork into wearable fashion and some curatorial projects. |
Our Sponsors
Our Advertisers
|
 |
Join Our E-Newsletter
