Legacy Russell
Legacy Russell, is an American curator and writer who is currently an Associate Curator of Exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem.[1][2] Previous to this role Russell worked as an independent curator alongside leading growth and development of UK Gallery Relations across Europe at Artsy. She has held roles at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Creative Time, and The Brooklyn Museum. She is a Contributing Editor at BOMB Magazine and is responsible for early work in expanding the magazine’s digital presence. [3] In 2019, The Carl & Marliynn Thoma Art Foundation awarded Russell a 2019 Arts Writing Awards in Digital Art.[4] Russell will be publishing her first book Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto with Verso Books in 2020.[2]
Early life and education
Russell was born in New York City and grew up in the East Village neighborhood. She is the daughter of Harlem-born photographer and technologist Ernest Russell and Kamala Mottl, a community gerontologist. She is the great-granddaughter of Nolle Smith, black cowboy, engineer, and Hawaii statesman. She attended Friends Seminary, a Quaker school in Manhattan.[5] Russell holds a dual-major Honors B.A. from Macalester College in Studio Art & Art History and English & Creative Writing (focus on poetry) with a minor in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. Russell has an MRes in Art History & Visual Culture with Distinction from Goldsmiths, University of London.[5][4] Her graduate dissertation focused on the notion of “re-performing reality” and shared research on artists such as Devin Kenny, Ann Hirsch, Awol Erizku, and more.
Curating
Russell’s curatorial and academic work focuses on queer histories, blackness in visual culture, Internet culture, feminism, new media, moving image, performance, and digital art practice. As a curator she has done extensive work around her originating concept of Glitch Feminism.[5] Russell has curated exhibitions at various institutions including the Museum of Modern Art,[6] MoMA PS1,[7] Institute of Contemporary Art, London,[8] and The Studio Museum in Harlem.[9]
References
- ^ Editorial, Artsy (2020-02-20). "4 Curators on the Artists They're Celebrating This Black History Month". Artsy. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ a b "Artforum.com". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ Armstrong, Annie; Armstrong, Annie (2018-08-09). "Studio Museum in Harlem Names Legacy Russell Associate Curator". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ a b "Legacy Russell wins 2019 Arts Writing Award in Digital Arts". Contemporary And (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ a b c "Legacy Russell on Glitch Feminism, Curating and the Upside of Growing Up in New York". Cultured Magazine. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Answering the Colonizers of Modernism". Hyperallergic. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Best of 2019: Our Top NYC Art Shows". Hyperallergic. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Next: 28 Art Curators to Watch Who Took on New Appointments in 2018". Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ Mitter, Siddhartha (2019-07-10). "Studio Museum in Harlem Names Artists in Residence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-17.