UNLV Artist Lecture Series
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UNLV Visiting Artists, Designers, and Art Historians
Sponsored by the Department of Art, the College of Fine Arts, and community partners
The UNLV Department of Art is fortunate to host cutting edge artists, designers, and art historians. These inspiring creative leaders visit the campus to engage with students in the classroom, teach workshops, share their research, facilitate discussions, and offer critique. For information about public components of this exciting facet of our educational program, please follow UNLVArtDept on Facebook and @unlvtheear on Instagram. Also, please sign up for the UNLV Department of Art mailing list.
Contact Information
For more information about the Department of Art and its many courses and programs, please contact:
Dave Rowe, Interim Chair of the Department of Art
dave.rowe@unlv.edu
Upcoming Events
Past Visiting Artist Lecturers and Artists in Residence
2025
| Artists in Residence | N/A |
| Lecturers | Carmen Winant, Miguel Novelo, Audrey Barcio, Danielle SeeWalker, Alexandra Magnuson, Josephine Halvorson |
2024
| Artists in Residence | Artists 4 Democracy |
| Lecturers | Heather Harmon, Cassils, Rafa Esparza, Dr. Mimi Chusid |
2023
| Artists in Residence | N/A |
| Lecturers | Kyla Hansen, Jason Lazarus, and Donald Farnsworth |
2022
| Artists in Residence | N/A |
| Lecturers | Sherin Guirguis, Alexandra Carter, Sophia Berman, Sam Van Aken, Pau Pescador, Ronald Rael, Brie Ruais, David Pagel |
2021
| Artists in Residence | Bek + Col |
| Lecturers | Nobutaka Aozaki, Cara Romero, Brenda Stevenson/ Carla Harris, Susanna Bielek, Clarity Haynes |
2020
| Artists in Residence | N/A |
| Lecturers | Andy Campbell, Gerald Clarke, Nadia Fellah, Ellen Lupton, Hong Hong, Xandra Ibarra, Eri King, Silas Munro |
2019
| Artists in Residence | Transformation Fellow Amanda Browder |
| Lecturers | Elia Alba, Martin Creed, Gregg Deal, Arthur Gonzalez, Phaan Howng, Tony Lewis, Tiffany Lin, Yasuaki Onishi, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Sharbreon Plummer, Anthony Hudson/Carla Rossi, Tanaya Winder |
2018
| Artists in Residence | Cayetano Ferrer, Lia Lowenthal |
| Lecturers | Whitney Bedford, Beverly Fishman, James Gobel, Robert Hult, Brian Kelly, Collective Magpie, Ala Mohseni, Aram Moshayedi, Mark Newport, Christian Patterson, Katya Tylevich, Lawrence Weschler, Anna Wittenberg |
2017
| Artists in Residence | Letha Wilson, Carter Mull |
| Lecturers | Analia Saban, Courtney Sennish, Yunhee Min, Mathieu Gregoire, Amir H. Fallah, Asher Hartman, Marcos Ramirez Erre, Wendy White, Fiona Connor, Brigid McCaffrey, Tim Reid, Candice Lin |
2016
| Artists in Residence | Miljohn Ruperto, Lucky DeBellevue |
| Lecturers | Hernan Bas, Margaret Honda, Jenny Odell, Emily Mast, Jim Shaw, Mads Lynnerup, Jim Lee, Corin Hewitt, Mike Calway-Fagan, Zarouhie Abdalian, Hannah Greely, Daniel Bozhkov |
2015
| Artists in Residence | David Gilbert, Deborah Aschheim |
| Lecturers | Allison Miller, Hrag Vartanian, Miljohn Ruperto, Jim Skalman, Mike Cockrill, Karen Yasinsky, Anya Gallaccio, Aurora Tang, Carrie Moyer, Laura Hyatt, Robert Irwin, Matt Coolidge, Letha Wilson, Mads Lynnerup |
2014
| Artists in Residence | Jim Skuldt, Holly Myers, Henning Strassburger, Ash Ferlito |
| Lecturers | Jackie Gendel, Joan Linder, Matt Wedel, Chris Sullivan, Tony Tasset, Julie Saul, Wesley Anderegg, Siohban Piercy, André Goeritz, Jenni Sorkin, Hugh M. Davies, Doug Wheeler, Robert Beckman, Karen Baldner, Jack Brogan, Sohrab Mohebbi, Bill Kelley Jr., Zarouhie Abdalian, Amie Siegel |
2013
| Artists in Residence | Doug Harvey, Erin Cosgrove |
| Lecturers | Llyn Foulkes, Roy Behrens, Cristina Linden, Gay Outlaw, James Elkins, Matthew McGarvey, Mathieu Gregoire, Judy Ledgerwood, James Casebere, Jennifer Wynne Reeves, Aram Moshayedi, Mark Quint, Jim Skuldt, Lisa K. Blatt, Chip Lord, Trevor Paglen, Paul Kos, John Kilduff |
2012
| Artists in Residence | Alisha Kerlin, Caitlin Lonegan |
| Lecturers | Sally Egbert, David Pagel, Gary Kornblau, Kota Ezawa, Cliff Benjamin, Bruce McClure, Rebecca Morris, Rebecca Campbell, Brian McCutcheon, Erik Beehn, Phillip Scholz Ritterman, Samantha Fields, Deborah Luster, Edgar Arceneaux, Veronica Roberts, Dike Blair, Philip Ursprung, Stanya Kahn, Larry Bell, Iva Gueorguieva, Kerry Tribe, Clayton Campbell, Robert de Saint Phalle, Robert Irwin |
2011
| Lecturers | Pasha Rafat, Robert Irwin, George Trakas, Siah Armajani, Richard Fleischner, Nick Cave, Anya Gallaccio |
2010
| Artists in Residence | Jon Rappleye, Fay Ku |
| Lecturers | Anthony Craig Drennen, Mathieu Gregoire, Elizabeth Hudson, Elizabeth East, Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Zach Rockhill, Kerry Laitala, George Trakas, Sean Stewart, Martin Kersels, Alix Pearlstein, Barbara Grygutis, Roy McMakin, Kota Ezawa, Emily Scott, Evan Dent |
2009
| Lecturers | Robert Irwin, Kim Stringfellow, Hugh Davies, Jon Rappleye, Beth Campbell, Zhi Lin, Ed Fella, China Adams, Rick Lowe, Mark Masuoka, Kristina Wong, Mathieu Gregoire |
2008
| Lecturers | William O’Brian, Tim Lowly, Calum Colvin, John Divola, Pae White, Robin Brailsford, Eve Sussman, Michael Rakowitz, Josiah McElheny, Susan Gray, Nancy Riegelman, Cameron McNall, Matthew Coolidge, Mathieu Gregoire |
2007
| Lecturers | Harrell Fletcher, Christa Erikson, Stephen Frailey, Rosemarie Fiore, Akira Hasegawa, Samuel Nigro, Jean Lowe, Nic Nicosia, Jack Sullivan, Joseph Del Pesco, Scott Oliver, Charles Long, Andrea Fraser, Vito Acconci, Mathieu Gregoire |
2006
| Lecturers | Ed Bereal, Coy Howard, Robert Irwin, Mathieu Gregoire |
2005
| Lecturers | Jon Rubin, George Trakas, Siah Armajani, Robert Irwin, Mathieu Gregoire |
2004
| Lecturers | Robert Irwin, Mary Beebe, Cindy Bernard, Mathieu Gregoire |
2003
| Lecturers | James Welling, Mathieu Gregoire |
2001
| Lecturers | Robert Irwin, Dextra Frankel, Susan Snyder, Alexis Smith, Aristotle Georgiades, Mathieu Gregoire |
1999
| Lecturers | Robert Irwin, Mathieu Gregoire |
1998
| Lecturers | John Baldessari, Mathieu Gregoire |
1997
| Lecturers | Mathieu Gregoire, Ellen Brooks |
1993
| Artists in Residence | Stephen Frailey, Dike Blair |
| Lecturers | Siah Armajani, Sarah Charlesworth |
1991
| Artists in Residence | Stephen Frailey, Linda Troeller, A. D. Coleman |
| Lecturers | Eric Renner |
1990
| Lecturers | Eric Renner, Douglas Kent Hall, Misha Gordon, Patrick Nagatani |
1989
| Lecturers | Jim Stone, Eric Renner |
1988
| Lecturers | Robert Heinecken, Lawrie Brown, Eric Renner |
1987
| Lecturers | Bill Jay, David Bunn, Darryl Curran |
1986
| Lecturers | Sheila Pinkel, Robert Irwin |
1985
| Lecturers | Robert Irwin, Maurice Gray |