KATIE GEHA
301 E 33rd #7
Austin, TX 78705
773.965.1689
EDUCATION
PhD Candidate
2007-present
University of Texas, Austin
Art History
Emphasis: American Art 1960-1980
Dissertation: “Like Life: Process, Information, Representation 1967-1976”
Advisor: Richard Shiff
M.A.
2004
Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Thesis: “Video After Painting”
Advisor: David Raskin
B.A.
2001
English, Art History
University of Iowa
GRANTS
2011 Dissertation Writing Grant, University of Texas, Austin
2010 Green Research Grant, University of Texas, Austin
2009 Continuing Education Fellowship, University of Teas, Austin
LANGUAGES
Reading: German, French, Italian
TEACHING
2011
Assistant Instructor
Ancient to Medieval Art
University of Texas, Austin
Austin, TX
2011-2009
Lecturer
Introduction to Fine Arts
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
2010
Assistant Instructor
Renaissance to Modern Art
University of Texas, Austin
Austin, TX
2010
Lecturer
Ancient to Medieval Art
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
2008
Teaching Assistant
Renaissance to Modern Art
University of Texas
Austin, TX
2007
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Visual Art
University of Texas
Austin, TX
2005
Guest Professor
Contemporary Art & Theory Graduate Seminar
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
2002—2004
Teaching Assistant
Art History Survey Ancient and Modern Art Contemporary Art and Theory
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
INVITED LECTURES AND CONFERENCES
2011
Paper Presentation
Kings College
Paper: “Beryl Korot Dachau 1974
Halifax, Nova Scotia
2010
Paper Presentation
University of Arizona Annual Art History Symposium
Paper: “Beryl Korot: Weaving the Apparatus”
Tucson, AZ
2009
Paper Presentation
University of Iowa Annual Art History Symposium
Paper: “Still Life: Detailing the German Autumn Through Gerhard Richter’s Tote (Dead)”
Iowa City, IA
Paper Presentation
Eleanor Greenhill Graduate Art History Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin,
Paper: “Still Life: Detailing the German Autumn Through Gerhard Richter’s Tote (Dead)”
Austin, TX
2008
Panel Participant
Dan Flavin: Constructed in Light Symposium
Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
St Louis, MO
2006
Guest Lecturer
Art Beyond the Museum Walls
Missouri State University
Springfield, MO
Guest Lecturer
Beautiful Losers: Clare Rojas and the Naïve Art Scene
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
Panel Organizer and Discussant
“Out of Time: Theorizing Culture and the Political" conference at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Keynote speakers: Mary Ann Doane and Michael Hardt
Paper presented: “ ‘History’ and ‘Being Here:’ Post Media Art and the Narrative Impulse”
Guest Lecturer
Art on the Cutting-Edge
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
Guest Lecturer
The Death of Painting and David Reed
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
SELECT PRINT PUBLICATIONS BOOKS
Pun Value: Four Works by Lee Lozano, Winter 2011
Catalog essay, Winter 2011 (forthcoming)
Printed on the occasion of the exhibition Pun Value: Four Works by Lee Lozano
The Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin
Otis Ike
Catalog essay, Spring 2011
Printed on the occasion of Photofest, Houston
Houston, Texas
Lakes Were Rivers
Catalog essay, Spring 2011
Independent publication
Austin, TX
Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler
Catalog entry, Spring 2008
Atelier 2008: Selections from the Department of Art and Art History Faculty at the University of Texas at Austin
Poets on Painters exhibition catalog
lead catalog essay, Spring 2007
Printed on the occasion of the exhibition Poets on Painters
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
SELECT PRINT PUBLICATIONS
Michael Mogavero: Four Letter Words
Exhibition essay
Courtyard Gallery, Austin, TX
Fall 2010
“Still Life: Detailing the German Autumn Through Gerhard Richter’s Tote (Dead)”
Montage The University of Iowa Art History Journal
Spring 2009
Introduction
“I Don’t Understand the God Part: A Conversation between Lauren Berlant and Dorothea Lasky”
Make: A Chicago Literary Magazine
Winter, 2009
“Exhibition in Print”
Make: A Chicago Literary Magazine
Fall, 2009
“Love is a Battlefield”
Printed on the occasion of the exhibition Love is a Battlefield/ljubezen je bonjo polje
Ulrich Museum of Art exhibition brochure 2006
“It’s a Half Laugh, Half Cry”
Printed on the occasion of the exhibition
Ulrich Projects: Clare E. Rojas
Ulrich Museum of Art exhibition brochure 2006
“The Sound of Gunfire, Off in the Distance”
Printed on the occasion of the exhibition Possible Models: New Work by Jenny Perlin
Ulrich Museum of Art exhibition brochure 2005
“Jeremy Blake’s Drooling Perversion”
Interview with Jeremy Blake
F Newsmagazine September 2004
“The Silent Shot: Christ Burden, Authorship, and the Sublime”
Oculus Winter 2003
SELECT ON-LINE PUBLICATIONS
“Become Your Own Yawn” Information and the Dial-a-Poem Poets
Poetry Foundation Journal
May 25, 2011
Picked up by the Huffington Post, May 25, 2011
Amanda Ross-Ho
Review Visual Arts Center
Art Lies: A Contemporary Art Quarterly
February 25, 2011
Critic’ Pick: Vija Celmins
Review the Menil Collection
November 19, 2010
500 Words: Ry Rocklen
Artforum
October 27, 2010
Critic’s Pick: Beryl Korot
Review The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Artforum
August 28, 2010
Lee Lozano’s Notebooks
Review Primary Information
Might be Good . . .
July 2, 2010
Critic’s Pick: Ben Ruggerio
Review Testsite
Artforum
June 18, 2010
The Assemblages of Jess
The Poetry Foundation Journal
June 9, 2010
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-present
Director
SOFA gallery
Austin, TX
2008—present
Staff Writer
. . .Might be Good
Online arts journal
Austin, TX
2006-present
Contributing Editor
Make: A Chicago Literary Magazine
Chicago, IL
2004—2007
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
SELECT CURATED EXHIBTIONS
2011
Pun Value: Four Works by Lee Lozano (forthcoming Dec, 2011)
The Blanton Museum of Art
Austin, TX
Still Life
Art Palace
Houston, TX
Barry Stone: Hum
SOFA
Austin, TX
2010
The Archways Project
Archways apartment complex
Austin, TX
Jeff DeGolier: Southwest Jalopy
SOFA
Austin, TX
Stacie Johnson: Diamond in the Middle
SOFA
Austin, TX
Travis Kent: Hope You’re Well
SOFA
Austin, TX
2009
Renee Lotenero: Two Hundred and Four
SOFA
Austin, TX
Adam Sipe: Sun Plays Keys
SOFA
Austin, TX
2008
Cecilia Phillips: Frozen Bees and Other Life Forms
SOFA
Austin, TX
Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure
Art Palace
Austin, TX
2007
Instant Karma: Mass Culture and the Spiritual Self
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita, KS
Poets on Painters
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita, KS
Traveled to: Herron Galleries, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
University Galleries, Normal, IL
Queens Library, NY
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Joseph Beuys/ Celtic+
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita, KS
2006
Ulrich Projects: Clare Rojas
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita, KS
Almost 30
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita, KS
2005
Possible Models: New Work by Jenny Perlin
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita, KS
On Paper
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita, KS
Ulrich Projects: Siebren Versteeg
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita, KS