G. James Daichendt
Sticker from "Shepard Fairey Inc."
Born Gary James Daichendt Jr. (1975-11-22 ) November 22, 1975 (age 49) Youngstown, Ohio , US Occupation Professor, Author, Art critic Education Doctorate Alma mater Columbia University Notable works Shepard Fairey Inc. Artist * Professional * Vandal , Stay Up! Los Angeles Street Art
G. James Daichendt (born 1975) is an art critic and art historian . He serves as the Dean of the Colleges and Professor of Art History at Point Loma Nazarene University in Southern California.[ 1] He is also a professor at Boston University .[ 2] [ 3]
Dr. Daichendt founded and is the Principal Editor for the academic journal "Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art."[ 4] [ 5] He has written six books. The most recent are texts about the artists Kenny Scharf "In Absence of Myth" and Shepard Fairey "Shepard Fairey Inc. Artist/Professional/Vandal." His text Stay Up! Los Angeles Street Art earned him the title Professor Street Art.[ 6] [ 7] He has also received academic attention for his texts Artist Scholar: Reflections on Writing and Research and Artist-Teacher: A Philosophy for Creating and Teaching. Daichendt lectures regularly on the subject of art education and street art and was featured on TED Talk , The Streets as Canvas . He has authored biographies on artists Robbie Conal and Kenny Scharf .
Dr. Daichendt's writing has appeared in The San Diego Union-Tribune , KCET Artbound, LA Weekly, Artillery: Killer Text on Art, ArtScene, Art Education, International Journal of Art and Design Education , Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art, Pasadena Scene Magazine, Beverly Hills Lifestyle, Cassone: The International Online Magazine of Art and Art Books, APU Life, Teaching Artist Journal, and The Art Book. He lives in California with his wife and three children.[ 8] [ 9]
Education
Books
Robbie Conal: The Life of a Guerrilla Artist (forthcoming)
The Urban Canvas: Street Art Around the World (2017)
Kenny Scharf: In Absence of Myth (2016)
Shepard Fairey Inc. Artist/Professional/Vandal (2013)
Stay Up! Los Angeles Street Art (2012)
Artist Teacher: A Philosophy for Creating and Teaching (2011)
Artist Scholar: Reflections on Writing and Research (2010)
Catalog essays
Performing Research (2017). Los Angeles, CA: Fellows of Contemporary Art
Becoming Loco (2017). Manhattan Beach Art Center
British Invasion (2016). Lancaster, CA: Museum of Art and History.
An Introduction to Post-Future: Art as a Sign and Symbol, An Interview with John Van Hamersveld (2016). Manhattan Beach Art Center.
Servant to Infinite Distraction with Desire Obtain Cherish (2016). New York, NY: UNIX Gallery.
Justin Bower: A Fractured Self (2016). Lancaster, CA: Museum of Art and History.
Enterprising Street art from Outside/In (2015). Pasadena, CA: Art Center College of Design.
A New Era for Alex Couwenberg (2015). Azsua, CA: Azusa Pacific Arts Press.
Pictures of Nothing Revisited (2014). La Verne, CA: University of La Verne.
The Art of David Flores (2014). Azusa, CA: Azusa Pacific Arts Press & Cameron + Company.
Tim Bavington: Poptivism (2014). Azusa, CA: Azusa Pacific Arts Press.
Lynn Aldrich : Un/common objects (2013). Pasadena, CA: Art Center College of Design.
Late Confessions: How and Nosm (2013). New York, NY: Jonathan LeVine Gallery .
Embodied: A 10-Year retrospective of Kent Anderson Butler (2012). Pomona, CA: The W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery.
Editorial
San Diego Union Tribune
KCET ArtBound
Principal editor, Visual Inquiry: Learning & Teaching Art
ArtScene
Artillery: Killer Text on Art
Arts and culture editor, Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine
Pasadena Scene Magazine and Pasadena Star News
References
^ "G. James Daichendt, Ed.D." Point Loma Nazarene University . Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
^ "G. James Daichendt | College of Fine Arts" . www.bu.edu . Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
^ "G. James Daichendt, Ed.D. - Meet the Faculty - Azusa Pacific University" . www.apu.edu . Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
^ Editorial (2011). Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art, 1(1). p. 1.
^ "University of Chicago Press" . Archived from the original on January 31, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2011 .
^ "Professor Street Art Takes a Critical Look at Shepard Fairey" . KCET . October 28, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
^ "Getting Up with Author Jim Daichendt- Yay! LA Magazine" . www.yaylablog.com . Archived from the original on January 31, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
^ http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/contact/view-contact-page,id=17197/ Intellect Books
^ Daichendt, G. James. "Breaking barriers with art: Public interaction influences Hugo Crosthwaite's work at Liberty Station" . sandiegouniontribune.com . Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
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