Terrie Sultan (curator)
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Terrie Sultan was appointed Director of the Parrish Art Museum
in January 2008. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as a museum professional, having served in senior positions at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art
in Washington, DC, and the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
. She has organized more than 40 exhibitions in her career, including Chantal Akerman
: Moving through Time and Space, Jessica Stockholder
: Kissing the Wall, and Chuck Close
Prints: Process and Collaboration. An accomplished author, her publications include Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion, published by D Giles Limited (2008); Jean Luc Mylayne, published by Twin Palms Press, Santa Fe (2007); James Surls
: the Splendora Years, published by University of Texas Press (2005); and Kerry James Marshall
, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York (2000). Sultan is a member of the International Association of Art Critics
; served on the College Art Association
’s award committee for Lifetime Achievement for Art Writing; and was a founding board member of Etant donnés, the French-American Endowment for Contemporary Art. In 2003 she was awarded a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
by the Government of France. Under her direction, the museum has undertaken the construction of a major new campus.
Parrish Art Museum
The Parrish Art Museum is the oldest cultural institution on the East End of Long Island, uniquely situated within one of the most concentrated creative communities in the United States...
in January 2008. She has more than twenty-five years of experience as a museum professional, having served in senior positions at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
New Museum of Contemporary Art
The New Museum, founded in 1977 by Marcia Tucker, is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to presenting contemporary art from around the world...
in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington, DC. The museum's main focus is American art. The permanent collection includes works by Rembrandt, Eugène Delacroix, Edgar Degas, Thomas Gainsborough, John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet, Pablo...
in Washington, DC, and the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston
University of Houston
The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
. She has organized more than 40 exhibitions in her career, including Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Anne Akerman is a Belgian film director, artist, and professor of film at the European Graduate School. Akerman's best-known film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles , exemplifies a dedication to the ellipses of conventional narrative cinema.-Early life:Akerman was born to...
: Moving through Time and Space, Jessica Stockholder
Jessica Stockholder
Jessica Stockholder is a sculptor and installation artist who has had exhibitions in Europe and USA, her works, "challenge boundaries, blurring the distinction among painting, sculpture and environment, and even breaching gallery walls by extending beyond windows and doors".-Life and...
: Kissing the Wall, and Chuck Close
Chuck Close
Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits...
Prints: Process and Collaboration. An accomplished author, her publications include Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion, published by D Giles Limited (2008); Jean Luc Mylayne, published by Twin Palms Press, Santa Fe (2007); James Surls
James Surls
James Surls is an American modernist sculptor. He earned a BS from Sam Houston State University and an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1998, he moved from Splendora, Texas to Carbondale, Colorado....
: the Splendora Years, published by University of Texas Press (2005); and Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall is an artist born in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up in South Central Los Angeles and now lives in Chicago where he previously taught at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago...
, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York (2000). Sultan is a member of the International Association of Art Critics
International Association of Art Critics
The International Association of Art Critics was founded in 1950 to revitalize critical discourse, which suffered under Fascism during World War II. AICA was initially affiliated with UNESCO as a non-governmental organization...
; served on the College Art Association
College Art Association
The College Art Association of America is the principal professional association in the United States for practitioners and scholars of art, art history, and art criticism...
’s award committee for Lifetime Achievement for Art Writing; and was a founding board member of Etant donnés, the French-American Endowment for Contemporary Art. In 2003 she was awarded a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an Order of France, established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture, and confirmed as part of the Ordre national du Mérite by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963...
by the Government of France. Under her direction, the museum has undertaken the construction of a major new campus.