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Dana FRIIS-HANSEN

Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston,

American, born in 1961
Lives and works in Houston, Texas

	Helena Rubinstein Fellowship, Museum Studies Program, Whitney Museum of American Art , New York
	B.A., Art History, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota

Selected Professional Positions:

Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, 1995 - present

Associate Curator, Nanjo and Associates, Tokyo, Japan, 1991 - 1995

Curator, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, 1989 - 1991

Assistant Curator, List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge, 1985 - 1989

Selected Exhibitions

Alan Rath:"Bio-Mechanics", Contemporary Arts Museum (CAM), Houston, 1996

Carrie Mae Weems: "The Kitchen Table Series", CAM, 1996

Richard Long:"Circles Cycles Mud Stones",CAM, 1996

"TransCulture" co-curator, Venice, Venice Biennale, 1995

"Of the Human Condition" co-curator, Spiral /Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Ashiya City Museum of Art and History1994

As a curator of contemporary art, I feel that anything that an artist declares is art can be considered as such -- but that does not necessarily mean it is strong and important art. I am interested in looking at new paradigms for artmaking, communication, and creativity, and the Web is certainly one place that is rich with energy, ingenuity, and expression, and a place we might find exciting new forms of art.