Curriculum Vita
(partial listings in all sections)
Academic Positions
Department of Art, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Assistant Professor, 2000 - 2004
Associate Professor, 2004 - 2016
Professor, 2000 - present
Chair, Department of Art, 2014 - 2020
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Art, 2001 – 2004 and 2011 - 2014
Graduate Faculty Appointment Art MFA Program, 2000 - present
Moving Image Studies Program Affiliate Faculty, 2007 - present
Center for German and European Studies Affiliate Faculty, 2011 - present
Assistant Professor, Department of Art & Art History, 1995 – 2000
Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio
Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History, 1995 - 2000
Saint John’s University/College of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota
Assistant Professor, 1988 - 1995
Education
M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design – Photography and Film, 1988
B.F.A. University of Minnesota Studio Art – Minor in Humanities, 1985
Screenwriting and Adv. Screenwriting, English Department, University of Minnesota, 1996 - 1998
Workshops in Interactive Digital Media Production, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, 1990 - 1993
Grants, Awards, and Fellowships
• Grant-in-Aid of Research and Artistry – Faroe Project – 2021
• Imagine Fund for Art, Design and Humanities Award – Faroe Project – 2020
• Imagine Fund Special Events Award – The Audible Edge Curatorial Project – 2014
• IDEA Multicultural Research Award – Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta – 2013
• Grant-in-Aid of Research and Artistry –Telling Time Exhibition at Tianjin Galleries, Tianjin, China -2013
• Imagine Fund for Art, Design and Humanities Award – Project completion development, 2012
• Imagine Fund for Art, Design and Humanities Award – Temporal Properties of the World – 2011
• Grant-in-Aid of Research and Artistry – Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta – 2011
• Imagine Fund for Art, Design and Humanities Award - Telling Time Project – 2010
• McKnight Foundation Enduring Visions Award – Nomination, Lifetime Achievement in Media Arts - 2009
• Imagine Fund for Art, Design and Humanities Award - The Pendulum[SAH1] Project – 2009
• Creative Research Support, Chair's funding – Telling Time Projects – 2009
• Grant-in-Aid to Artistry and Research – Telling Time Projects – 2008
• University of Minnesota McKnight Travel Grant – Telling Time Projects – 2007
• Institute for Advanced Study/OVPR - Telling Time Projects – 2006
• Grant-in-Aid of Research and Artistry – Bio Sensor Projects – 2003
• Jerome Foundation Media Arts Fellowship - in recognition of achievement – 2001
• Grant-in-Aid of Research and Artistry - Bio Sensor Projects – 2001
• McKnight Foundation Summer Research Fellowship - Bio Sensor Projects – 2001
• Graduate School Summer Fellowship - Bio Sensor Projects – 2001
• McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowship – recognition of achievement – 2000
• University of Minnesota Regis Center for Art and Research Public Art Commission,
Art in Public Places Program Weisman Art Museum (unfunded) – 2000
• Jerome Foundation Travel-Study Award – Creative research award – 2000
• Bush Foundation Artists Fellowship – in recognition of achievement – 1996-1998
• Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship – in recognition of achievement – 1996
• Women Filmmakers Access Grant – production grant – 1996
• Jerome Foundation–Midwest Media Artists Award – production grant – 1996
• National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship – recognition of achievement – 1993
• Jerome Foundation Travel Study Grant – Creative research award – 1993
• McKnight Foundation Fellowship to Interdisciplinary Artists – recognition of achievement – 1992
• Film in the Cities Video Production Award – production grant – 1992
• National Endowment for the Arts–Arts Midwest Photography Fellowship – recognition of achievement –1991
• Forecast Public Art Award – in recognition of achievement – 1991
• Forecast Public Art Affairs Project Development Grant – production grant – 1991
• Jerome Foundation Installations Commission – production grant – 1991
• McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowship – recognition of achievement – 1990
• Diverse Visions Grant, Interdisciplinary Artists – recognition of achievement –1989
• Minnesota State Arts Board Career Development Grant – Creative research award – 1989
• Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship– recognition of achievement – 1989
Residencies
• Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota –Time Symposium, 2006.
• Interaktions Labor I–International Collaborative Artist Residency, Gottelborn, Germany, 2003. • Interaktions Labor II–International Collaborative Artist Residency, Gottelborn, Germany, 2004.
• Banff Centre for the Arts–New Media Co-Productions Residency, Alberta, Canada 2001.
Artist Presentations
• BERLIN: Zvizdal [Chernobyl, so far—so close], Moderator. Walker Art Center, Jan 25, 2019.
• Guerilla Girls, Panelist – public dialogue. Weisman Art Museum, March 2016.
• Performing the Moving Image, artist talk, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 27, 2014
• Artistic Thought: Time & Timelessness, Moderator. Architect Juhani Pallasmaa and Leigh Fondakowski, Weismann Art Museum and Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota, April 14, 2010.
• Telling Time, Artist presentation, 15th International Symposium on Electronic Art, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, September 1, 2009
• Telling Time: Eleven Stories of Dreams, Memories, Paradoxes, Conundrums, Lies and the Uncanny. Artist presentation. Social Science History Association Annual Conference, Miami, FL, October 24, 2008
• “Designer Genes,” Panelist with Anthony Dunn; Fiona Raby; Evelyn Fox Keller, professor, philosophy of Science, MIT, and Winton Chair, University of Minnesota; and Jeffrey Kahn, director, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, April 15, 2004
• Emotional Architectures: Cognitive Armatures,” Invited Presenter at the Banff New Media Institute, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 20-23, 2001
• Oculus: Technology, Ritual, and Consciousness, Presenter; refereed. Intersociety for Electronic Art Annual Conference. Paris, France, December 2000
Collaborative Media Work for Opera, Theater and Dance
•Shaping Sound, 2018. Collaborative multimedia performance with image projection, music, and dance. In collaboration with Twin Cities Shape Note Singers, Peter Frenz, Carl Flink, and UMN Dance Program. Barbara Barker Center for Dance, October 11, 2018.
• Song of the Sky and Sea, 2016. A collaborative multimedia work for male choir and moving image with Paul John Rudoi, Composer, and Geoffrey Boers, Director Illumni Male Choir. The Meaney Hall University of Washington Seattle. May 27, 2016.
• Saint Matthew Passion, 2016. Staged oratorio by Johan Sebastian Bach with video and image projection, David Walsh, Director. Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN. 2016
• Parables: An Interfaith Oratorio, 2012. A dramatic cantata by composer Robert Aldrich and librettist Herschel Garfien, with video and image projections in collaboration with opera director David Walsh. Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. April 19–22.
• Die Weisse Rose, 2012. A chamber opera by composer Udo Zimmerman with video and image projection in collaboration with opera director David Walsh. Plymouth United Methodist Church, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN. May 7, 2012.
• Elmer Gantry, 2009. Production of a new opera by Robert Aldrich and Herschel Garfien staged with video and image projection in collaboration with opera director David Walsh. Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. November 18–21.
• Blind City, 2004. Video design and production for a new international multi-media opera based on the book Blindness by Jose Saramago. In collaboration with Paulo Chagas, composer (Brazil); Johannes Berringer, theater director (UK); Carrie Shaw, soprano (US); and Angeles, actor (US). Performed at Interaktions Labor, Gottelborn, Germany, July 10, 2004.
• Respirae, 2003. Solo performance in collaboration with computer programmer Mark Henrickson. Feature Artist, [SAH2] Cleveland Performance Art Festival. Cleveland Public Theater, Cleveland, OH. May 31, 2003
• Pulse, 2003. A new interactive multi-media performance work with dance, music, video, and interactive design. In collaboration with Paulo Chagas, composer (Brazil), Maria Stamankovic, dancer (Spain), and Paul Smith, computer programmer (UK). Interaktions Labor, Gottelborn, Germany, July 12, 2003.
Curatorial Projects
• Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta. 2015–2019. Co-curated with Howard Oransky, Director, Katherine E. Nash Gallery. International tour dates: Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France. October 16, 2018 - January 20, 2019; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany. April 20 – July 22, 2018; Bildmuseet, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. June 18 – October 22, 2017; University of California–Berkeley Museum of Art and Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, California. October 22–December 31, 2016; Nova Southeastern University Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. February 20–May 8, 2016; Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. September 8–12, 2015
• Investigations: Lynn Hershman-Leeson, 2011. An exhibition of the work of California- based media artist Lynn Hershman-Leeson, co-curated with Howard Oransky, director, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, in collaboration with the Walker Art Center. On view at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery. Oct. 27– Dec. 5, 2011.
Screenings and Broadcasts
• 2021 Rochester International Film Festival – Selected and Award of Merit. Temporal Properties of the World (version 2), 2021. An experimental short narrative film written and directed by Lynn Lukkas, cinematography by Lynn Lukkas and Eric Schlicher.
• 2021 Toronto International Women’s Film Festival – Selected. Temporal Properties of the World (version 2), 2021. An experimental short narrative film written and directed by Lynn Lukkas, cinematography by Lynn Lukkas and Eric Schlicher.
• Parables, 2012. PBS Television broadcast of the staged dramatic cantata by composer Robert Aldrich and librettist Herschel Garfien (60 minutes) in collaboration with David Walsh, Director. Emmy-nominated broadcast on Twin Cities Public Television - aired October 2012 – February 2013.
• Temporal Properties of the World I, 2010. An experimental short narrative film written and directed by Lynn Lukkas. Screened in the exhibition, “Media-Scape: The Year We Make Contact,” at the Croatian Artists Assn. Zagreb, Croatia, October 8 – 29, 2010.
Exhibitions
• Telling Time: Tianjin, 2013. Solo exhibition of a five-channel video and sound installation. Tianjin Academy of Fine Art Museum, Tianjin, China, March 25-April 25, 2013.
• Through the Night, 2012. A two-channel video installation in the exhibition, Time Arts Continuum, Walker’s Point Center for Art, Milwaukee, WI, May 26-June 30, 2012.
• Touch Me / Don’t Touch Me, 2010. In, “Interact: Lynn Lukkas and Cynthia Patchikara.” UNO Gallery, Weber Fine Arts Building, Omaha, NE, January 15 – February 9, 2010.
• Respirae III-The BioSensor Projects, 2009. Solo exhibition of an interactive video and sound installation. Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 23 – February 27, 2009.• Cinema of the Everyday, 2009. A series of 6 photographs in the Ping Yao International Photography Festival, PingY ao, Shanxi Province, Peoples Republic of China. September 19 – 25.
• Hoi An Revisited, 2008. A video installation in the exhibition, Air & Water. Beijing Film Academy, Beijing, China. October 31 – November 14.
• Oculus: Yangtze, 2002. A Solo interactive video installation. Cape Town One City Festival, Castle of Good Hope Art and Culture Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. 2002.
• Unter(halt)ung, 1993. A solo video installation. Franklin Furnace Archives, NY, NY. January 1993.
Reviews
• Moroz, Sarah. Connections and Burdens of Ana Mendieta. Modern Painters, Nov. 2018. Page 134–135.
• Kennedy, Randy. New Work from Ana Mendieta 30 Years After Her Death. New York Times. Friday, February 5, 2016. Page C22.
• Osterweil, Ara. Bodily Rites: The Films of Ana Mendieta. Artforum. November 2015. Page 255 – 263.
• Gabler, Jay. Ana Mendieta. Artforum (website). October 8, 2015.
• Broad Strokes (National Museum of Women in the Arts) www.broadstrokes.org
• “Lynn Hershman Leeson has solo exhibition "Investigations" at the University of Minnesota's Nash Gallery in Minneapolis. Creative Capital – Projects. Retrieved from, http://creative-capital.org/events/view/1166
• Parables: An Interfaith Oratorio, 2012 – Performance, television broadcast, and DVD.
Rosenbloom, Joshua. “Aldrich: Parables.” Opera News, Recordings: Videos, February 2015. Vol 79. No 8.
• About Emmy Nominee ‘Parables.’ TPT: Minnesota Productions and Partnerships. Retrieved from http://tptmn.org/2013/09/19/about-emmy-nominee-parables/
Symposia and Public Events Organized
• Curating Beyond Borders: A Discussion About International Art Practice. Participants partial listing: Fionn Meade, senior curator, Walker Art Center; Gudrun Thiessen-Schneider, Kunstverein Grafschaft, Bentheim; Vicky Kiefer, ADKV-Berlin. Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota. November 3, 2014.
• Ex-Files: Globalization, Circulation and Exterritorality: European Artists Perspectives. Co-organized with Barbara Wolbert, DAAD Visiting Professor. Visiting artists, Ursula Biemann (Zurich), Mathias Jud and ChristophWachter (Berlin). Weisman Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN November 9 & 11, 2009.
• Art and Commitment: A Conversation Between the Arts About Their Role In Contemporary Society. Participants partial listing: Krzsyztof Wodiczko, sculptor: Marina Abramovic, performance artist; Guillermo Gomez-Pena, performance artist; Pauline Oliveros, composer; Chrissie Iles; curator; Bob Holman; poet; Libby Larsen; composer; Carol Becker; art historian; Amar Kanwar, filmmaker. Regis Center for Art and Rarig Center Stage, University of Minnesota. December 2,3,4, 5, 2004.
International Programs Developed
• Berlin Artist Residency (BAR) Program, 2014 – present. The BAR Program is a summer research program for MFA art students providing the opportunity to live and work in Berlin for up to three months. The program is co-sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies through a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Department of Art through funding from the College of Liberal Arts.
• Weissensee Kunsthochschule - Berlin Exchange Program, 2015 – present. This program allows for exchange opportunities for faculty and student of the two institutions. The program is co-sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies through a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Department of Art through funding from the College of Liberal Arts.
• Staatliche Adademie der Bildenden Künste – Karlsruhe, 2015 – present. The program is co-sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies through a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Department of Art through funding from the College of Liberal Arts.
• University of Dundee – Jordanstone College of Art and Design – 2015 - present. I worked with my colleague, Professor Christine Baeumler at the University of Minnesota Department of Art, and Professor Mary Modeen at the University of Dundee to support faculty and student exchange opportunities across our programs.