Bio
Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Lecturer, Fiber and Material Studies. BA (1997) Art History and Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MA (1999) Art History, Theory and Criticism, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibitions: Barbara Jones-Hogu: Resist, Relate, Unite; Doris Salcedo; Amalia Pica; Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks; Kathryn Andrews: Run for President; Unbound: Contemporary Art after Frida Kahlo; Seeing is a Kind of Thinking: A Jim Nutt Companion. Publications: Doris Salcedo; Rashid Johnson: Message to our Folks; Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City; Amalia Pica; Kathryn Andrews: Run for President; Carrie Schneider: Nine Trips Around the Sun.Current projects: museums.depaul.edu
Personal Statement
Julie Rodrigues Widholm is Director and Chief Curator of DePaul Art Museum where she leads the strategic and artistic vision to promote equity and interdisciplinary education in the arts, while positioning Chicago as a global art city. Her work seeks to expand the canon by providing a platform for marginalized practices, voices, and experiences.
Disclaimer: All work represents the views of the INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS & AUTHORS who created them, and are not those of the school or museum of the Art Institute.
