Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Art History, Theory & Criticism (2023)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL.
Thesis: Twins and Twinning in Roni Horn’s ‘Things That Happen Again’ (1986-90)
Education
Director, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
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Founder/Co-Director, Grunts Rare Books (formerly Sulk Chicago), Chicago, IL.
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Programming Assistant, EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
full list of panels programmed/curated
Currently
2025
Episode 16: Taylor Payton
Airing Out The Archive (podcast hosted by Jake Leech).
2024
Episode 884: Pete and Jake Fagundo
Bad at Sports (podcast).
How to Make a Scene #7 (w/ Ben Foch and Iain Muirhead)
Public Media Institute and Terra Foundation (panel, radio program, and prodcast).
A conversation series about intergenerational artist-run cultural ecosystems of the 1980s and 1990s in Chicago. The series is a collaborative effort between the Public Media Institute and MdW, with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art as part of the city-wide initiative, Art + Design Chicago. All panels are archived on Mixcloud, Vimeo, and in the 2024 MdW Atlas, which will be published as a book in 2026.
Starting Small: A Look at Beginning Programs
Barely Fair (panel conversation).
2023
Undergraduate Art History Symposium
The University of Chicago
Twins and Twinning: A Case Study of Roni Horn’s Pair Object Series ‘Things That Happen Again’.
Undergraduate Art History, Theory + Criticism Thesis Symposium
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Twins and Twinning: A Case Study of Roni Horn’s Pair Object Series ‘Things That Happen Again’.
Lectures, Panels and Podcasts
Curatorial Projects and Exhibitions
2025
Sympathy Ribbon, Margaret Crowley and Madeline Gallucci, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
226, Maxwell Volkman, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Cancer, Sharon Xinran Zhang, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Credentis, Allegra Harvard, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
The Nightside of Eden, Peter Carney, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Cats and Dogs, Max Capus, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Crush Loop, Connor Bokovay, Em Davenport, Kunning Huang, and Louis Osmosis (guest curated by Meg Cule and Anjali Kasturi), Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Lonelyhearts (screening series), Dara Birbaum, Slater Bradley, Petra Cortright, Valie Export, Isa Genzken, Andy Hope 1930, Martin Kippenberger, Maria Lassnig, Mark Leckey, Paul McCarthy, Isabelle Frances McGuire, Steve Reinke, Bunny Rogers, JPW3, and Heimo Zobernig, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
2024
NARC, Justin Beachler and Sam Dybeck, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Hans Bellmer, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Boothill Express, Peppi Bottrop, H.R. Giger, Sayre Gomez, Servane Mary, Olivier Mosset, and Marika Thunder, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
Paludarium, Nick Jorgensen, Reece Francis Perkins and Thomas Rainy, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Ours is the Hand that Sews Time, Peter Fagundo and Jake Fagundo, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
Something Bit Me Bad!, Jake Fagundo, Hans-Jörg Mayer and Michael Williams, Temple Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
A Third Act, Justice Apple and Mac Pierce, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Barely Fair 2024, with Mark Fingerhut, Color Club, Chicago, IL.
Someone Who Isn’t Me, Maeve Coughlin, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Remote Desire, Daniel Champion & Tatiana Sky, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Channeled 8, Rachael Bos, Alex Both, Maeve Coughlin, Parker Davis, Allegra Harvard, Gabriel McGee, Darius Shaoul, & Harrison Wyrick, presented by Allegra Harvard, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
2023
Nice Work Forever, Alex Both, Ellen Berkenblit, Maeve Coughlin, Peter Fagundo, Allegra Harvard, Aaron Elvis Jupin, Nour Malas, Tess Manhattan, Jacob Mattingly, Eric McHenry, Betsy Odom, Misael Oquendo, Alex Prestrud, Nico Ramirez, Anthony Rundblade, Cameron Spratley, Mia Stearn, Nick Schutzenhofer, & Noah Towne, co-curated with Jake Fagundo, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
The Creepy Crawlin’ Showdown in Chinatown, Andy Thussy Warhol Fight Night #23, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Face Show, Alex Both, Gabriel McGee & Darius Shaoul, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Pressure Dome, Justin D’Acci presented by Yew Nork, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Eyes in the Heat, Rachael Bos & Keeton Foreman, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Halcyon.exe: The Ride, Mark Fingerhut, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Amy Pearl Lang's Object Permanence, Amy Pearl Lang, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
On the Nature of Things, Christina Ballantyne, Max Capus, Charlie Goering, Ziad Al Najjar, & Ben Quinn with Madeline Seto & Nicolette Lim, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Hedera Helix, Naomi Hawksley, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
2022
Nice Work 2, Tania Alvarez, Emma Beatrez, Peter Carney, Daniel Champion, Wallace Dibble, Max Earnest, Ben Foch, Mary Griffin, Justin Guthrie, Stevie Cisneros Hanley, Anne Harris, Leonardo Kaplan, Exene Karros, Nicholas Kinsella, Mikey Mosher, Lee Schulder, Kevin Stuart, & Omar Velazquez, co-curated with Jake Fagundo, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
The Care and Keeping of You, Liza Jo Eilers, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
After World Play, Alberto Aguilar, Alex Bradley Cohen & Jesse Malmed, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
July Show, Jessica Butler, Richard Hull, Tom Koehler, Madeline Leplae, & Noah Towne, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Seasons Creep, Christina Ballantyne & Ish Lipman, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Long Way Down, Nick Clark, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
2021