Southern Methodist University

University of Houston

PhD Candidate

Dallas, Texas

Rice University

Pursuing doctoral degree in Art History

As the director of Zhulong Gallery, I crafted exhibitions of noteworthy international contemporary art that exists in the space between art and technology. I also instituted gallery budgets, staffing, programming and communications. The gallery and artists we represented participated in art fairs within a year of opening.

ZHULONG GALLERY

Gallery Director

MARTIN.DEVRIES is a collaborative curatorial and art services partnership founded by Aja Martin and Lindsey Herkommer DeVries. We work in concert with contemporary artists, gallerists, collectors, cultural institutions, and alternative spaces to create noteworthy art exhibitions, written content, and research.

MARTIN.DEVRIES

Curator and Founding Partner

Research-based and exhibitions support provided to NSC Chief Curator, Jed Morse.  Construct artist bibliographies and archive files, oversee images and permissions for major exhibition catalogues, compose correspondence regarding exhibition loans.  Provide edits to exhibition literature, manage museum library, contribute critical interpretation of artist oeuvre and literature.

Nasher Sculpture Center

Graduate Curatorial Intern

Curator of  Second Annual Water Thirst Art Auction at the Goss Michael Foundation in Dallas, TX.  Responsible for artist and auction brochures and wall text.  Conduct artist interviews and studio visits as social media content.  Recruit artist donators.

Water Thirst

Special Guest Curator

Provide students with the necessary tools to articulate a formal and interpretive response to works of art through regular visits to the museum, lectures and discussion.

Tarrant County College

Adjunct Professor

Conduct preliminary research on contemporary Latin American artists for publication project.  Provide primary and secondary art historical and cultural sources in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.  Assemble bibliographies and summaries of materials recovered. Provide digitized materials and images for electronic reference.

Research Assistant

Coordinates curatorial, registrar, preparator, design, publications, and other pertinent departments to implement overall exhibition and museum logistics.  Additional clerical support provided to Exhibitions Coordinator, Exhibitions Designer, and Museum Director.  Also responsible for drafting correspondence with institutions for traveling and joint exhibitions.

Dallas Museum of Art

Exhibitions Assistant

Graduate candidate and teaching assistant specializing in Contemporary Art History at Meadows School of the Arts.