Leigh Markopoulos Explained

Leigh Markopoulos
Birth Date:10 September 1968
Birth Place:Hannover, Germany
Death Place:Los Angeles
Occupation:Curator, professor
Years Active:1991-2017
Known For:Art History and Curatorial studies

Leigh Markopoulos (19682017) was an American art critic, curator, and teacher.[1] [2] Markopoulos was the chair of the graduate program in curatorial practice at California College of the Arts.[3] [4] [5] She had curated over 50 exhibitions, including ones at the Serpentine Gallery and the Hayward Gallery.[6] Her focus was the art and artworld of the 1960s and 1970s.[7]

Early life and education

Leigh Markopoulos was born in Hannover, Germany, and grew up in Iraq, Australia and the UK. Markopoulos received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southampton, in Great Britain.[8]

Career

Starting in 1991, Markopoulos worked as a curator in London, first at the Hayward gallery, and then at the Serpentine gallery. At the Serpentine she worked with artists that included Richard Artschwager, Hans Haacke and Bridget Riley. In 2002 she moved to San Francisco to become the deputy director at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art. From 2005 to 2008 she was the director at the Rena Bransten gallery. In 2008 she began teaching full-time at CCA as chair of the curatorial practice program, in which she had been teaching part-time since 2003. In 2010 she started working with Creative Growth, a center for artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities, where she curated Love is a Stranger (2010).[9]

Publications

Books and exhibition catalogues

Notes and References

  1. News: Leigh Markopoulos (1968–2017). artforum.com. 2017-03-11. en-us.
  2. Web site: Leigh Markopoulos's Obituary on San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco Chronicle. 2017-03-26.
  3. News: Leigh Markopoulos, prominent SF art critic and instructor, dies. SFGate. 2017-03-16.
  4. Web site: Leigh Markopoulos California College of the Arts. www.cca.edu. 2017-03-16.
  5. Web site: Leigh Markopoulos Appointed Chair of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice California College of the Arts. www.cca.edu. 2017-03-16.
  6. News: Leigh Markopoulos obituary. Rugoff. Ralph. 2017-03-23. The Guardian. 2017-03-26. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  7. News: Remembering Leigh Markopoulos, Teacher, Curator, Writer and Heavy Metal Vocalist. KQED Arts. 2017-03-26. en-us.
  8. Web site: Leigh Markopoulos Appointed Chair of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice California College of the Arts. www.cca.edu. 2017-03-26.
  9. Web site: Love is a Stranger. Creative Growth. 11 March 2017.

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