TITLE: Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
Coordinator of Film Production, Cinema Studies
OFFICE: 323 Wilson Hall
EMAIL: eis@oakland.edu
Education:
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1982, Photography
BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1980, Film, Photography, and Video
BA, Beloit College, 1974, Classics and Anthropology
Major Fields:
- Film Production
- Film and the Visual Arts
- Avant-Garde and New Wave Cinema
- Photography/Installation Art
Book Chapters:
“Contemporary Art and the Past: Repetition or Rhyme,” The Visual and Performing Arts: An Anthology. Ed. Steven Andrew Arbury. Athens, Greece: Athens Institute for Research and Education, 2012
“From Ancient Subtext to Modern Context: An Artist Re-Visions the Art Historical,” From the Remote to the Recent Past. Eds. Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Nicholas C. J. Pappas. Athens, Greece: Athens Institute for Research and Education, 2008
Recent Articles:
“Silent Conversations: A Labyrinth of Artistic Research and Practice,” International Journal of Education & the Arts 14 (2013)
“An Entanglement: Ancient Texts, Old Marginalia, and Contemporary Art,” Oakland Journal 22 (Fall 2012)
Selected Exhibitions:
2012
Silent Conversations, Grace Teshima Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
Library Thoughts 2, Pen Club Galllery, Budapest, Hungary
Fears and Phobias, The Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia
Behind the Mask: Women, Men and Masculinities, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan and University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
2011
Library Thoughts, Raday Könyveshav & Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
An International Exchange Project, Photography Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland; Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China; Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
Inside Outside, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, Pennsylvania
Gender Matters/Matters of Gender, Freedman Gallery, Reading, Pennsylvania
2010
Wordage, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan
Gendered Space/s, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan
Mind, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan
In Spite of the Evidence, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2009
Symbolic City, Songjiang Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Paradigm Shift, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008
A Tangible Past, International Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies, Athens, Greece (solo)
Andres Serrano Picks Detroit, Center Galleries, Detroit, Michigan
Embodiment: Gender + Culture + Action, University of Detroit, Mercy, Detroit, Michigan
Detroit@00:00:55: This Time It’s Personal, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan