Seminars/Lectures/Panels/Jurying (2000-present)
2019
TsingHua University, Beijing, China - Visiting Artist Lecture
Museum 9, Beijing, China - Artist in Residence
Korean Cultural Center Annual Open, Los Angeles, CA - Juror
Arizona State University - Visiting artist
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden - Panelist and Moderator
War, Art and Visual Culture Symposium, Torrance Art Museum - Panelist and Moderator
San Francisco Art Institute Guided Study Mentor
Southern Oregon University - Visiting Artist
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Nominator
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Selection Panel
2018
Named in Blouin Modern Painters art magazine in the 2018 Top Curators to Watch, from around the world, alongside colleagues from the Guggenheim, MOMA, Whitney, Tate, LACMA and other institutions.
Korean Cultural Center - Korean Contemporary Art panel
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden - Collaboration Panel
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Selection Panel
Contemporary Collectors Fellowship Awards Committee
Beverly Hills Art Fair - Judge
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant - Nominator
The Other Art Fair, Selection Committee
Artist-Run Initiatives, Israel - US Ambassador
Korean Cultural Center - annual program selector
Palos Verdes Art Center, CA - Juror
2017
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant - Nominator
UC San Diego - Visiting Artist
UC Riverside - Advisory Group
CSU Long Beach - Lecture
UC Santa Barbara - Visiting Artist
Korean Cultural Center Annual Open, Los Angeles, CA - Juror
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art Open, Los Angeles, CA - Juror
stARTup Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA - Panel Discussion
Brand Library Art Gallery - Panel Discussion for The Collectivists
Palos Verdes Art Center, CA - Juror
Contributing writer FABRIK Magazine
2016
Korean Cultural Center Annual Open, Los Angeles - Juror
‘Regional Expert’, one of 10 worldwide invited to Korea by Korean government
Contributing writer FABRIK Magazine
stARTup Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA - Panel Discussion
2015
stARTup Art Fair, San Francisco, CA - Panel Discussion
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA - Juror
Advisory Council - stARTup Art Fair
Korean Cultural Center Annual Open, Los Angeles - Juror
Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, NV - Juror
Long Beach City College Gallery - Panel Discussion
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art Open, Los Angeles - Juror
Advisory Council - Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
Sincerely Yours, Torrance Art Museum - Panel Discussion
Garboushian Gallery, with Nancy Meyer (LACMA) - Discussion
Axis Gallery Annual , Sacramento, CA - Juror
Irvine Fine Art Center Annual, Irvine, CA - Juror
The TFHMF Awards, The Netherlands - Juror
Contributing writer FABRIK Magazine
2014
Bucharest Biennale 6 - Parallel Events Program Symposium - Apprehension, Global Society and Contemporary Art on the Twitter Generation
Palm Springs Art Fair - Panel Discussion Member
Feitelson/Lundeberg Fellowship Grant - Selection Juror
San Diego Art Institute - Selection Juror
Pepperdine University - lecture
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art - juror
CSU Stanislaus - lecture
GLAMFA - Panel Discussion Member
Redondo Beach Art Show - Juror
2013
Anthology Prize, London, UK - Juror
Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA - Juror
Santa Monica College - Artists and Curating lecture
Western Carolina University Art Museum - Panel Discussion Member
Palm Springs Art Fair - Panel Discussion Member
Lake Elsinore Arts Group - Professional Practice lecture
Redondo Beach Arts - lecture, Contemporary Art
2012
Curatorial Director – Co/Lab at Art Platform
TEDx Talks - lecture
California Community Foundation Grant, selection panel member
Juror - Korean Cultural Center Annual Open, Los Angeles
Juror - Central Utah Art Center, Utah
California Association of Museums, Panel Speaker
Juror - Long Beach Art Gallery, CA
CSU Long Beach – visiting artist lecture and critique
Palos Verdes Art Center – lecture
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - visiting artist lecture and critique
2011
Curator - CO/LAB (alternative galleries and artist initiatives art fair) as part of Artra Curatorial at Art Platform-Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
University of Arizona - Guest Speaker
Museum of Contemporary Art, Schunck, Heerlen, Netherlands - Panel member 'Art and Interactivity, Art and Social Engagement'
Co-curator - Polemically Small, with Edward Lucie-Smith, at Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Co-curator - Connection Point London, with Edward Lucie-Smith, at Bow Arts Trust, London, UK
Juror - Long Beach Arts Open
PSZask Gallery - panel discussion, Sculpture in CA, with Peter Frank
Torrance Arts Council - lecture, Curating Today
Claremont Graduate University - career fair advisor
Pomona College - intro to Self Portraiture in Painting.
2010
Founder of Durden & Ray, artists collective
American Association of Museums Annual Conference – panelist for ‘On the Road: Ephemeral Exhibits and The Visitor Experience’
Contemporary Art Roundtable, organized by CERA, at Pasadena Museum of California Art
City of Los Angeles Public Art Selection Panel for Metro system
2009
Founder and Director of ARTRA Curatorial
CSU Los Angeles, CA – Professional Practices lecture
2008
CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, CA – Professional Practices lecture
Biola University, La Mirada, CA - Professional Practices lecture
Arts Legion, Pomona, CA
Contributing writer for PILOT 3, London, UK
Mira Costa College – Professional Practices lecture series
2006
McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC – AIR Selection Committee
PULSE Art Fair Selection Committee (with Mark Moore Gallery)
2005
ResArtis, Berlin – International Symposium of Alternative Art Spaces
Borusan Gallery, Istanbul – Current Practices in Los Angeles
NOVA Art Fair, Chicago - Selection Committee
Contributing writer/curator for PILOT 2, London, UK
Contributing writer for Rim Magazine
2004
Contributing writer/curator for PILOT 1, London, UK
The Chiellerie, Amsterdam – lecture on contemporary art
Lost and Found, Amsterdam – presentation of my painting practice
The Walters Museum, Baltimore – workshop for painting
Contributing writer for Rim Magazine
2002
Board of Directors, Los Angeles Arts Association
Goldsmiths College, London, UK - tutorials
The Stray Show, Chicago Art Fair – panel discussion on State of the Arts
Claremont Graduate University, CA – Artists As Curator lecture
2001
Art critic for Mad Dogs and Englishmen Magazine
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK – My Painting Practice and Curating lecture
The Art Kitchen, Amsterdam, NL – Los Angeles Today lecture
Irvine Fine Arts Center Development Forum Member
OC High School for the Arts, Santa Ana, CA – lecture & workshops
The Spurgeon Experience Symposium, Santa Ana, CA – panel discussion with
Christopher Miles, Mary Kay Lombino, Tyler Stallings
The Art Crowd, Irvine, CA – presentation of my painting practice
2019
TsingHua University, Beijing, China - Visiting Artist Lecture
Museum 9, Beijing, China - Artist in Residence
Korean Cultural Center Annual Open, Los Angeles, CA - Juror
Arizona State University - Visiting artist
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden - Panelist and Moderator
War, Art and Visual Culture Symposium, Torrance Art Museum - Panelist and Moderator
San Francisco Art Institute Guided Study Mentor
Southern Oregon University - Visiting Artist
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Nominator
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Selection Panel
2018
Named in Blouin Modern Painters art magazine in the 2018 Top Curators to Watch, from around the world, alongside colleagues from the Guggenheim, MOMA, Whitney, Tate, LACMA and other institutions.
Korean Cultural Center - Korean Contemporary Art panel
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden - Collaboration Panel
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Selection Panel
Contemporary Collectors Fellowship Awards Committee
Beverly Hills Art Fair - Judge
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant - Nominator
The Other Art Fair, Selection Committee
Artist-Run Initiatives, Israel - US Ambassador
Korean Cultural Center - annual program selector
Palos Verdes Art Center, CA - Juror
2017
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant - Nominator
UC San Diego - Visiting Artist
UC Riverside - Advisory Group
CSU Long Beach - Lecture
UC Santa Barbara - Visiting Artist
Korean Cultural Center Annual Open, Los Angeles, CA - Juror
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art Open, Los Angeles, CA - Juror
stARTup Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA - Panel Discussion
Brand Library Art Gallery - Panel Discussion for The Collectivists
Palos Verdes Art Center, CA - Juror
Contributing writer FABRIK Magazine
2016
Korean Cultural Center Annual Open, Los Angeles - Juror
‘Regional Expert’, one of 10 worldwide invited to Korea by Korean government
Contributing writer FABRIK Magazine
stARTup Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA - Panel Discussion
2015
stARTup Art Fair, San Francisco, CA - Panel Discussion
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA - Juror
Advisory Council - stARTup Art Fair
Korean Cultural Center Annual Open, Los Angeles - Juror
Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, NV - Juror
Long Beach City College Gallery - Panel Discussion
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art Open, Los Angeles - Juror
Advisory Council - Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
Sincerely Yours, Torrance Art Museum - Panel Discussion
Garboushian Gallery, with Nancy Meyer (LACMA) - Discussion
Axis Gallery Annual , Sacramento, CA - Juror
Irvine Fine Art Center Annual, Irvine, CA - Juror
The TFHMF Awards, The Netherlands - Juror
Contributing writer FABRIK Magazine
2014
Bucharest Biennale 6 - Parallel Events Program Symposium - Apprehension, Global Society and Contemporary Art on the Twitter Generation
Palm Springs Art Fair - Panel Discussion Member
Feitelson/Lundeberg Fellowship Grant - Selection Juror
San Diego Art Institute - Selection Juror
Pepperdine University - lecture
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art - juror
CSU Stanislaus - lecture
GLAMFA - Panel Discussion Member
Redondo Beach Art Show - Juror
2013
Anthology Prize, London, UK - Juror
Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA - Juror
Santa Monica College - Artists and Curating lecture
Western Carolina University Art Museum - Panel Discussion Member
Palm Springs Art Fair - Panel Discussion Member
Lake Elsinore Arts Group - Professional Practice lecture
Redondo Beach Arts - lecture, Contemporary Art
2012
Curatorial Director – Co/Lab at Art Platform
TEDx Talks - lecture
California Community Foundation Grant, selection panel member
Juror - Korean Cultural Center Annual Open, Los Angeles
Juror - Central Utah Art Center, Utah
California Association of Museums, Panel Speaker
Juror - Long Beach Art Gallery, CA
CSU Long Beach – visiting artist lecture and critique
Palos Verdes Art Center – lecture
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - visiting artist lecture and critique
2011
Curator - CO/LAB (alternative galleries and artist initiatives art fair) as part of Artra Curatorial at Art Platform-Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
University of Arizona - Guest Speaker
Museum of Contemporary Art, Schunck, Heerlen, Netherlands - Panel member 'Art and Interactivity, Art and Social Engagement'
Co-curator - Polemically Small, with Edward Lucie-Smith, at Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Co-curator - Connection Point London, with Edward Lucie-Smith, at Bow Arts Trust, London, UK
Juror - Long Beach Arts Open
PSZask Gallery - panel discussion, Sculpture in CA, with Peter Frank
Torrance Arts Council - lecture, Curating Today
Claremont Graduate University - career fair advisor
Pomona College - intro to Self Portraiture in Painting.
2010
Founder of Durden & Ray, artists collective
American Association of Museums Annual Conference – panelist for ‘On the Road: Ephemeral Exhibits and The Visitor Experience’
Contemporary Art Roundtable, organized by CERA, at Pasadena Museum of California Art
City of Los Angeles Public Art Selection Panel for Metro system
2009
Founder and Director of ARTRA Curatorial
CSU Los Angeles, CA – Professional Practices lecture
2008
CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, CA – Professional Practices lecture
Biola University, La Mirada, CA - Professional Practices lecture
Arts Legion, Pomona, CA
Contributing writer for PILOT 3, London, UK
Mira Costa College – Professional Practices lecture series
2006
McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC – AIR Selection Committee
PULSE Art Fair Selection Committee (with Mark Moore Gallery)
2005
ResArtis, Berlin – International Symposium of Alternative Art Spaces
Borusan Gallery, Istanbul – Current Practices in Los Angeles
NOVA Art Fair, Chicago - Selection Committee
Contributing writer/curator for PILOT 2, London, UK
Contributing writer for Rim Magazine
2004
Contributing writer/curator for PILOT 1, London, UK
The Chiellerie, Amsterdam – lecture on contemporary art
Lost and Found, Amsterdam – presentation of my painting practice
The Walters Museum, Baltimore – workshop for painting
Contributing writer for Rim Magazine
2002
Board of Directors, Los Angeles Arts Association
Goldsmiths College, London, UK - tutorials
The Stray Show, Chicago Art Fair – panel discussion on State of the Arts
Claremont Graduate University, CA – Artists As Curator lecture
2001
Art critic for Mad Dogs and Englishmen Magazine
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK – My Painting Practice and Curating lecture
The Art Kitchen, Amsterdam, NL – Los Angeles Today lecture
Irvine Fine Arts Center Development Forum Member
OC High School for the Arts, Santa Ana, CA – lecture & workshops
The Spurgeon Experience Symposium, Santa Ana, CA – panel discussion with
Christopher Miles, Mary Kay Lombino, Tyler Stallings
The Art Crowd, Irvine, CA – presentation of my painting practice
