MELiNDA GUiLLEN
research
general: Postwar American Art History and Critical Theory
specific: Conceptual Art, Minimalism, Feminist Theory, and Social Movements
other areas of interest: Land Art, Art & Technology, Curatorial Studies, DIY Culture
education
University of California, San Diego | Art History, Theory, and Criticism | Ph.D. | 2019
University of Southern California | Art/Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere | MA | 2011
University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Women’s Studies, Sociology | BA | 2008
select curatorial
No Longer Extant: artistic production and structural demolition
Visual Arts Gallery, Structural & Material Engineering Building | University of California, San Diego | March – April 2015
SUBTERRANEA (Co-curated with Elizabeth D. Miller)
UCSD Structural & Material Engineering Building, Visual Arts Gallery | October 2013 – January 2014
Work After Work (Co-curated with USC MPAS, Class of 2011)
MAK Center for Art & Architecture – Mackey Resident Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | April - May 2011
Featuring: Michael Asher, Eternal Telethon, Andrea Fraser, Alex Israel, Sharon Lockhart, State of the Arts, Kenneth Tam, Anton Vidokle and Carey Young
panels & presentations
“Religion in Drag: The Political Stakes of Dematerialization in Argentina and the United States during the Vietnam War era” | The Transnational 60’s: Concept and Critique panel
College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference | New York City | February 2017
“If Not Now, When?: Locating Feminism in Social Practice” | Institutionalizing and Self-Institutionalizing Art as Social Practice in the 21st Century
Arts in Society Conference | University of California, Los Angeles | August 2016
“Naming Names: Feminist Revisionism & Socially Engaged Art Criticism”
Open Engagement Conference | Oakland Museum of Art | April 2016
“Learning from and Leaving Las Vegas: Cultural Production and So-Called Peripheries”
Visiting Artist Lecture | Department of Art | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | March 2015
select writing
“Time Spent” in What’s the Use: Constellations of Art, History, and Knowledge – A Critical Reader | Valiz Publishing, Amsterdam | April 2016
“To Live and Thrive in LA: Devon Tsuno’s Watershed Duplication” | Exhibition Catalog Essay |Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota | March 2016
“Annotated Bibliography to Social Practice in Southern California” introduction to Engagement Party: Social Practice at MOCA, 2008-2012 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles | January 2013
academic service
Discursive & Curatorial Productions Initiative curator/editor – 2013 - 2016
UCSD Visual Arts Department, Curatorial MA researcher – 2013
UCSD Visual Arts Department, MFA/PhD liaison, 2012-2015
UNLV Womenʼs Studies Curriculum Committee – member, 2007-2008
UNLV Womenʼs Studies Programming Committee – member, 2007-2008
National Education for Women in Leadership (NEWL) – fellow,, 2008
awards
USC Master of Public Art Studies – Teaching Fellowship, 2010-2011
UNLV Audre Lorde Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior in Womenʼs Studies, 2008
UNLV College of Liberal Arts – Deanʼs Honors, 2008
Nevada Governorʼs Millennium Scholarship – 2002-2008