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Kendra Paitz

Director and Chief Curator
University Galleries
Office
CPU College Place Uptown 103
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Biography

Kendra Paitz has curated more than fifty exhibitions, which have been on view at Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Raleigh; Unscripted Bal Harbor, Miami; The Frankin, Chicago; Gallery 210 at University of Missouri-St. Louis; and University Galleries of Illinois State University, among others. She has been the principal investigator for grants awarded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council Agency, and Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, among others. She has edited and supervised production of fifteen monographs and exhibition catalogues published by University Galleries.

Current Courses

398.001Professional Practice: Internship In Museum/Gallery

444.001Studio Work: Photography

MA Visual Culture

Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

MBA Arts Administration

Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

BA Studio Art

Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois

Grants & Contracts

General Operating Support. IIlinois Arts Council Agency. State. (2023)
Kambui Olujimi Exhibition and Publication. National Endowment for the Arts. Federal. (2023)
Teen Art Group. Illinois Prairie Community Foundation. Private. (2023)
General Operating Support. Illinois Arts Council Agency. State. (2022)
General Operating Support. Illinois Arts Council Agency. State. (2021)