Academics

Ciara Ennis
Director/Curator of Campus Galleries

Ciara Ennis

    With Pitzer Since: 2007
    Website: Art Galleries
    Campus Address: Atherton 110
    Phone: 909.607.3143
    Email: ciara_ennis@pitzer.edu

    Education:
    MA, Royal College of Art.
    BA, Norwich School of Art

Selected Publications and Exhibitions:

“Unfolding Architecture: Interview between British Artists Emily Speed and Curator Ciara Ennis,” Mousse Magazine (September 2010).

“Localization, Location, Ubicación: A Conversation between Ciara Ennis and Carla Herrera-Prats,” LatinArt.com: an Online Journal of Art and Culture (March 2010).

Industry of the Ordinary brochure essay. Chicago: North Eastern Illinois University, 2009.

"Sick- Amour,” in Karin Christof, ed., Kunstwerken voor de publieke ruimte /Artworks for Public Space. Hoofddorp: Podium for Architecture Haarlemmermeer, 2009.

Curator, "LA 2019: Cults, Collectives and Cocooning," 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, 2009.

Co-Curator, "Video Praxis in Global Spaces," CAA Conference Video Lounge, Los Angeles, CA, 2009. With Ming-Yuen S. Ma.

Co-Curator, "Narrowcast: Reframing Global Video 1986/2008," Los Angeles, CA, 2009.

Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, 2009. With Ming-Yuen S. Ma.

Curator, "L.A. Freewaves: 11th Festival of New Experimental Media from around the World," Hollywood, CA, 2008

Recent Conferences and Invited Talks:

Guest lecturer, “Ruby Satellite,” workshop on authority with artist Lita Albuquerque, Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA, March 2011.

Guest lecturer, Marymount College, Palos Verdes, CA, May 2011.

Guest critic: California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA, 2009.

Portfolio reviewer, 19th Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition, Photo LA, Los Angeles, CA, 2010.

Invited Participant, International course for contemporary European curators, Fondazione Ratti, Milan, Italy, 2009.

Juror and panelist, 2010 Fellowships for Visual Artists, California Community Foundation (CCF), Category: Emerging Artists, 2009.

Participant, "Conversations with Mark Boulos," Narrowcast: Reframing Global Video, LACE, Los Angeles, CA, 2009.