Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw explained

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
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Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw (born September 26, 1968) is an art historian, curator, and professor of American art at the University of Pennsylvania. She has curated major exhibitions and published several books on African American art.[1] [2] In 2019, she became director of history, research and scholarship and senior historian at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Career

Shaw received her BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara and her PhD in American art at Stanford University. She was a fellow at both Romare Bearden Graduate Museum, which supported her work at the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University.[3]

Shaw became an assistant professor of History of Art and Architecture and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, teaching there for five years.[4] Shaw is currently an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on issues of race, gender, sexuality, and class in American art, particularly as they relate to conflict.[5] In 2019, she was appointed director of history, research and scholarship and senior historian at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.[6]

Writing

Shaw has published three books on African American art: Seeing the Unspeakable: The Art of Kara Walker[7] (2004), Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century[8] (2006), and most recently Represent: 200 Years of African American Art in the Philadelphia Museum of Art[9] (2014). She was previously visual arts editor of Transition Magazine.

Curation

Shaw curated the exhibition Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century (2006) at the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts.[10] [11] [12] She curated Samba Sessao: Afro-Brazilian Art and Film for the Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012.[13] She was a consulting curator of the exhibition Represent: 200 Years of African American Art (2015) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,.[14] She has co-created a number of exhibitions with her students, including Trouble in Paradise: The Art of Polynesian Warfare at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in 2006.[15] [16] As teacher of the Spiegel-Wilks Seminar in Contemporary Art in 2016, she worked with students to curate the show Do/Tell at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.[17] In 2020, as senior historian at the National Portrait Gallery, she organized Every Eye is Upon Me, an exhibit which explores the lives of the first ladies of the United States.[18] [19]

Shaw is active as a speaker and organizer of lectures and events at different institutions. In 2016, Shaw organized an symposium at the National Portrait Gallery on "Racial Masquerade in American Art and Culture".[20]

Awards

In 2015, Shaw received the Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching from the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, for "exceptional creativity and innovation in instruction".[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw. University of Pennsylvania. March 3, 2016.
  2. News: Johnson. Greg. Q&A with Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw. March 6, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160419234059/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2015-04-16/interviews/qa-gwendolyn-dubois-shaw. April 19, 2016. Penn Current. April 16, 2015.
  3. Web site: Fellow: Gwendolyn DuBoisShaw. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
  4. Web site: GWENDOLYN DuBOIS SHAW, PhD. University of Pennsylvania. 10 February 2017.
  5. Web site: The life and art of Horace Pippin. Radio Times. March 9, 2016.
  6. National Portrait Gallery Announces Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw as New Director of History, Research and Scholarship / Senior Historian . February 24, 2021 . . May 23, 2019.
  7. Book: Shaw. Gwendolyn DuBois. Seeing the Unspeakable : the art of Kara Walker. 2005. Duke University Press. Durham, N.C.. 978-0-8223-3396-8. 2. print.. registration.
  8. Book: Shubert. contributions by Emily K.. Portraits of a people : picturing African Americans in the nineteenth century. 2006. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy. Andover, Mass.. 978-0-295-98571-8. 1.. registration.
  9. Book: Represent: 200 Years of African American Art in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.. 2015. Yale University Press. [S.l.]. 978-0-300-20800-9.
  10. Childs. Adrienne L.. Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century. Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide. 2006. 5. 2. 10 February 2017.
  11. Gold. Susanna W.. Review: Recovering Identity: Nineteenth-Century African American Portraiture. American Quarterly. 2006. 58. 4. 1167–1189. 10.1353/aq.2007.0009. 40068410. 144204229.
  12. Sheehan. Tanya. Tanya Sheehan. Review of "Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century" by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw.. CAA Reviews. 6 September 2007. 10.3202/caa.reviews.2007.76. 10 February 2017. free.
  13. News: Stewart. Sara. DiSanto. Jill. "Samba Sessao: Afro-Brazilian Art and Film" at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery. 10 February 2017. Penn News. March 21, 2012.
  14. News: Nagle. Aubrey. 200 Years of African American Art. 10 February 2017. Philly Voice. January 8, 2015.
  15. News: Trouble in Paradise. 10 February 2017. Courier-Post, Camden, New Jersey. 103. April 23, 2006.
  16. Web site: Trouble in Paradise: The Art of Polynesian Warfare Student-Curators at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Arts @ Penn. 10 February 2017.
  17. Web site: Do/Tell: Erin Bernard, Heather Hart, Rachelle Mozman, and Akosua Adoma Owusu. Institute of Contemporary Art. April 22, 2015.
  18. News: Ault . Alicia . How History Records the Peculiar Role of America's First Ladies . February 24, 2021 . . November 19, 2020.
  19. News: Marriott . Hannah . Perma-peeved: Melania Trump's White House photo (plus 11 other revealing first lady portraits) . February 24, 2021 . . December 21, 2020.
  20. Web site: Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Hosts a Symposium on "Racial Masquerade in American Art and Culture". National Portrait Gallery. October 19, 2016. 10 February 2017.
  21. School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Awards. University of Pennsylvania Almanac. April 22, 2014. 60. 31. 10 February 2017.

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