Leigh Markopoulos

Leigh Markopoulos
Born(1968-09-10)September 10, 1968
Hannover, Germany
DiedFebruary 24, 2017(2017-02-24) (aged 48)
Los Angeles
Occupation(s)Curator, professor
Years active1991-2017
Known forArt History and Curatorial studies

Leigh Markopoulos (1968 – 2017) was an American art critic, curator, and teacher.[1][2] Markopoulos was the chair of the graduate program in curatorial practice at California College of the Arts.[3][4][5] She had curated over 50 exhibitions, including ones at the Serpentine Gallery and the Hayward Gallery.[1][6] Her focus was the art and artworld of the 1960s and 1970s.[7]

Early life and education

Leigh Markopoulos was born in Hannover, Germany, and grew up in Iraq, Australia and the UK.[6][2] Markopoulos received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southampton, in Great Britain.[8]

Career

Starting in 1991, Markopoulos worked as a curator in London, first at the Hayward gallery, and then at the Serpentine gallery.[6] At the Serpentine she worked with artists that included Richard Artschwager, Hans Haacke and Bridget Riley.[6] In 2002 she moved to San Francisco to become the deputy director at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art.[6] From 2005 to 2008 she was the director at the Rena Bransten gallery.[6] In 2008 she began teaching full-time at CCA as chair of the curatorial practice program, in which she had been teaching part-time since 2003.[5] In 2010 she started working with Creative Growth, a center for artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities, where she curated Love is a Stranger (2010).[9]

Publications

Books and exhibition catalogues

  • Markopoulos, Leigh; Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König Köln (2016). Great Expectations: Prospects for the Future of Curatorial Education. Koenig Books. ISBN 978-3-86335-914-0.
  • Smith, Terry, Leigh Markopoulos and Kate Fowle, eds. Talking Contemporary Curating. New York: Independent Curators International, 2015.
  • Markopoulos, Leigh (2010). Wendover. San Francisco: California College of the Arts.
  • Markopoulos, Leigh and Julian Myers, eds. "HSz : as is/as if." San Francisco: California College of the Arts, 2010.
  • Neshat, Shirin, and Leigh Markopoulos. Shirin Neshat. London: Serpentine Gallery, 2000.

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Markopoulos (1968–2017)". artforum.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  2. ^ a b "Leigh Markopoulos's Obituary on San Francisco Chronicle". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  3. ^ "Leigh Markopoulos, prominent SF art critic and instructor, dies". SFGate. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  4. ^ "Leigh Markopoulos | California College of the Arts". www.cca.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  5. ^ a b "Leigh Markopoulos Appointed Chair of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice | California College of the Arts". www.cca.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Rugoff, Ralph (2017-03-23). "Leigh Markopoulos obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  7. ^ "Remembering Leigh Markopoulos, Teacher, Curator, Writer and Heavy Metal Vocalist". KQED Arts. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  8. ^ "Leigh Markopoulos Appointed Chair of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice | California College of the Arts". www.cca.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  9. ^ "Love is a Stranger". Creative Growth. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2017.