Micol Hebron
Micol Hebron | |
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Born | July 23, 1972 |
Nationality | American |
Education |
University of California, San Diego, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, University of California, Los Angeles |
Known for | Gallery Tally |
Style | Multidisciplinary Artist |
Website |
micolhebron |
Micol Hebron (born July 23, 1972) is an American interdisciplinary artist, curator, and associate professor at Chapman University, located in Southern California. Hebron critically examines and employs modes of feminist activism in art.[1][2][3]
Biography
Hebron studied theater and visual arts at the University of California, San Diego from 1991 to 1992, and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy, from 1993 to 1994. She went on to graduate summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor of Arts in fine art in 1995. In 2000, she graduated from the UCLA with a Masters of Fine Arts in new genres and contemporary art history. In 2013 Hebron launched Gallery Tally, a collaborative art project in which people around the world were tracking women's representation in art galleries and creating posters for exhibition.[4] In 2014, the (en)Gendered (in)Equity: The Gallery Tally Poster Project discovered that in Los Angeles and New York galleries, roughly 70% of gallery representation was of male artists.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Micol Hebron". Chapman University. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ Winslow, Jonathan. "An artistic game of 'telephone'". Orange County (OC) Register. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ Despain, Cara. "Triple Threat: Salt Lake Art Center Curator Micol Hebron". Salt Lake City Weekly. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- 1 2 Miranda, Carolina A. "18%: Artist Micol Hebron tallies the presence of women on Artforum covers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
External links
- Micol Hebron's website
- The Gallery Tally Posters on tumblr
- Galleries Are Man's World and Micol Hebron is Keeping Score, KCET (from September 2014)