BIOGRAPHY

I am Director of Whale & Star, the Miami-based studio of artist Enrique Martínez Celaya, where I oversee research and development. Previously I taught modern and contemporary art history, theory, and criticism at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. I was also Chief Curator of the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for eleven years.  I am a Fellow at the Center for the Theology of Cultural Engagement, Portland, Oregon.

My art historical research interests are the work of Enrique Martínez Celaya, Abstract Expressionism, and theology and the nature of belief in contemporary art. 

My work as an art historian, critic, and curator operates at the intersection of art history, cultural criticism, theology, and philosophy and is motivated by the conviction that Christian thought and practice as it is embodied in the seven ecumenical councils can nourish a deeper and more expansive understanding of contemporary artistic practice.

Education

Ph.D., Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory, and Criticism. University of Iowa (1995).

M.A., Art History, Theory, and Criticism. SUNY Stony Brook (1991).

B.A., Art History. University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1989).