Experience

National Nordic Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Curator

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  o Reporting to the Executive Director/CEO, c-suite leader charged with the Museum’s creative direction and strategic oversight of the Curatorial Department, which includes the collections, education, and exhibition functions of the Museum

• Director of Collections, Exhibitions, and Programs

  • Sep 2019 - Jul 2023

  o Reporting directly to Executive Director/CEO, senior leader charged with strategic oversight of the Curatorial Department, which includes the collections, education, and exhibition functions of the Museumo Inaugural Chair of Museum DEAI Advisory Committee (2021 – present) o Supervise a team of 6 collections professionals, exhibition staff, and museum educatorso P&L responsibility; oversee all departmental and project budgetso Oversee a collection of nearly 80,000 objects, the delivery of over 100 programs each year, including annual conferences and film festivals, and a special exhibition schedule of 3-4 major exhibitions per yearo Established a 3-year exhibition schedule, which has included major loan exhibitions from the Ateneum Art Museum/Finnish National Gallery (2021) and Sweden’s Nationalmuseum (2022)o Collaborated with Jónsi, lead singer of world-famous post-rock band Sigur Rós, on his first exhibition at a US museum, created specifically for NNMo Curated contemporary art exhibitions of work by La Vaughn Belle, Las Hermanas Iglesias, and Steinunn Thorarinsdottir o Spearheaded the Museum’s virtualization of educational content, which created over 100 hours of programming in its first year, reached 50 states and 70 countries across 6 continentso Oversaw planning of an industry-leading symposium that convened speakers in 7 countries to discuss the impact of climate change on Arctic museums and partnered with the American Alliance of Museums, the International Council of Museums, and the National Museum Directors’ Council to coincide with UN Climate Change Conference (COP26)o Brought in the single largest donation of objects to the Museum’s collection in its history; expanded its collection of Nordic fine art and design Show less



University of Utah

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Curator of European, American, and Regional Art at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2019

  o Award for Excellence, Outstanding Exhibition (First Place), from the Association of Art Museum Curators for the reinstallation of the American art galleries: "American and Regional Art: Mythmaking and Truth-Telling," 2018 (This is an international peer-to-peer award.) o Award for Excellence in Exhibitions from the Utah Museums Association for "Power Couples: The Pendant Format in Art," 2020 o Responsible for the presentation, interpretation, and acquisition of works for the collections of European art from the High Middle Ages until 1945, American art until 1945, and Utah and Western Art until the present day o Reinstalled the collections of European, American, and regional art o Collaborated with the Smithsonian American Art Museum on a collections-sharing program and exhibition supported by Art Bridges o Negotiated and oversaw 2 traveling exhibitions with city- and state-wide programming; developed 6 special exhibitions drawn from the permanent collection and 1 special exhibition of loans from the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections, and numerous gallery rotations o Obtained a $250,000 grant to support the reinstallation of the American and regional art galleries o Expanded the collection by more than 80 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and photographs through purchase and gift, including works by Edmonia Lewis, Alexander Phimister Proctor, Diego Rivera, and Salvator Rosa o Secured funding for conservation treatment and framing projects o Key staff member of a 4-year project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; crafted grant proposal with colleagues and served on faculty search committee Show less



Indianapolis Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Guest Curator, "'A Land Enchanted': The Golden Age of Indiana Art, 1877-1902"

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

  o Special exhibition of 34 paintings, sculpture, and works on paper from theIMA’s permanent collection and loanso Exhibition endorsed by Indiana’s bicentennial commissionExhibition review: Janet Tyson, “Recognizing the Contributions of Regionalism at the Turn of the 20th Century,” Hyperallergic

• Curatorial Assistant, European and American Painting, Sculpture, and Works on Paper

  • Jan 2014 - May 2015

  o Provided research and administrative support to Ellen Wardwell Lee, Wood-Pulliam Senior Curator, Martin Krause, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, and Rebecca Long, Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture before 1800o Curated two special exhibitions; provided support on three exhibitions devoted to Neo-Impressionist Portraits, Robert Indiana, and Gustave Baumanno Collaborated with Rebecca Long on reinstallation of the galleries of 17th-century French, Italian, and Spanish art and 18th-century European art; collaborated with Ellen W. Lee on the reinstallation of the early 20th-century American art galleryo Prepared an installation of figure studies from the Munich Academy for the 19th-century American gallerieso Served as a core member of the collections rankings projecto Supervised the research of the curatorial coordinator on a digitization project supported by the Luce Fundo Presented acquisitions to the collections committeeo Served as a courier on domestic and international tripso Lectured on the collection to staff, docents, visiting museum professionals and researchers, and college students Show less



IUPUI

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Instructor, Herron School of Art and Design

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2014

  Courses Taught: HER-H 334: Baroque Art; HER-H 341: Nineteenth-Century Painting; HER-H 101: Honors History of Art 1: Prehistory to Late Gothic Courses Taught: HER-H 334: Baroque Art; HER-H 341: Nineteenth-Century Painting; HER-H 101: Honors History of Art 1: Prehistory to Late Gothic



Fulbright Association

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Fulbright Scholar

  • Sep 2012 - Jul 2013

  Fulbright Research Grant at the University of Copenhagen Fulbright Research Grant at the University of Copenhagen



SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Praktikant/Intern

  • Oct 2012 - Jun 2013

  o Contributing author to Kunsthistorier on SMK’s website “Live Models at the Royal Danish Academy in the 19th Century” (“Levende modeler på Akademiet i 1800-tallet”) o Translator for website o Contributing author to Kunsthistorier on SMK’s website “Live Models at the Royal Danish Academy in the 19th Century” (“Levende modeler på Akademiet i 1800-tallet”) o Translator for website



Indianapolis Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Samuel H. Kress Interpretive Fellow

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2012

  o Developed thematic connections between works in different galleries for the museum’s website o Researched works in the permanent collection and wrote descriptive text for the museum’s website o Developed thematic connections between works in different galleries for the museum’s website o Researched works in the permanent collection and wrote descriptive text for the museum’s website



Brooklyn College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Fellow (Instructor of Record), School of Visual, Media, and Performing Arts

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2011

  Course Taught (2 classes each semester for 6 semesters): Core 1.2/CORC1120: Introduction to Art (Global Perspective) Course Taught (2 classes each semester for 6 semesters): Core 1.2/CORC1120: Introduction to Art (Global Perspective)



The Graduate Center, City University of New York

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant, Visual Resources Collection

  • Aug 2008 - Sep 2010



The New School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Part-Time Instructor at Parsons The New School for Design

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2009

  Courses Taught (for 3 semesters): PWAD 1000: Perspectives in World Art and Design 1; PWAD 1001: Perspectives in World Art and Design 2 Courses Taught (for 3 semesters): PWAD 1000: Perspectives in World Art and Design 1; PWAD 1001: Perspectives in World Art and Design 2



The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Curatorial Intern, Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  o Interned under Dr. Sabine Rewald and wrote forty-five extended gallery labels for the Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Galleries o Interned under Dr. Sabine Rewald and wrote forty-five extended gallery labels for the Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Galleries



Frist Art Museum

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curatorial Intern

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  o Composed an interpretive plan and docent training guide for an upcoming exhibition o Conducted research, composed labels, and edited checklists under Chief Curator Mark Scala and Curator Katie Delmez o Composed an interpretive plan and docent training guide for an upcoming exhibition o Conducted research, composed labels, and edited checklists under Chief Curator Mark Scala and Curator Katie Delmez



Saint Leo University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Instructor

  • Aug 2006 - Jun 2007

  Course Taught (3 classes each semester for 2 semesters): FAS101: The Integrated Arts Course Taught (3 classes each semester for 2 semesters): FAS101: The Integrated Arts



University of Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Curatorial Intern, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art

  • Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

  o Wrote interpretive material, researched works, compiled a checklist with ChiefCurator Dulce Roman, and documented conservation issues for an exhibition of prints

• Teaching Assistant, School of Art and Art History

  • Jun 2005 - May 2006

  Discussion section led (2 sections each semester for 3 semesters): ARH 2050: Introduction to the Principles and History of Art 1: Ancient to Medieval Art