G. James Daichendt (born 1975) is an

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and

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

. He serves as the Dean of the Colleges and Professor of Art History at

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in Southern California. He is also a professor at

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

. Dr. Daichendt founded and is the Principal Editor for the academic journal "Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art." He has written six books. The most recent are texts about the artists

Kenny Scharf Kenny Scharf (born November 23, 1958) is an American painter known for his participation in New York City's interdisciplinary East Village art scene during the 1980s, alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Scharf's do-it-yourself pract ...

"In Absence of Myth" and

Shepard Fairey Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary artist, activist and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. In 1989, he designed the " Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (...OBEY...) sticker campa ...

"Shepard Fairey Inc. Artist/Professional/Vandal." His tex
Stay Up! Los Angeles Street Art
earned him the title Professor Street Art. He has also received academic attention for his text

and Artist-Teacher: A Philosophy for Creating and Teaching. Daichendt lectures regularly on the subject of

art education Visual arts education is the area of learning that is based upon the kind of art that one can see, visual arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc. and design applied to more practi ...

and

street art Street art is visual art created in public locations for public visibility. It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art. Street art has evolved from the early forms of defiant gr ...

and was featured on

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The Streets as Canvas
He has authored biographies on artists

Robbie Conal Robert "Robbie" Conal (born 1944) is an American guerrilla poster artist noted for his gnarled, grotesque depictions of U.S. political figures of note. A former hippie, he is noted for distributing his poster art throughout a city overnight usi ...

and

. Dr. Daichendt's writing has appeared in

The San Diego Union-Tribune ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, ''The San Diego Union'' and ...

, 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.

Education

*BA, 1998,

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*MFA 2002,

*EdM 2003,

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

*EdD 2009,

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

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 Lynn Aldrich (born 1944) is an American sculptor whose diverse works draw on a wide range of high and low cultural influences and materials.Jones, Amelia. "Lynn Aldrich," ''Artforum'', Summer 1992, p. 115.Nolan, Timothy. "Lynn Aldrich," ''New Art ...

: Un/common objects (2013). Pasadena, CA: Art Center College of Design. * Late Confessions: How and Nosm (2013). New York, NY:

Jonathan LeVine Gallery Jonathan A. Levine ( ; born June 18, 1976) is an American film director and screenwriter. Early life and education Levine was born and raised in New York City to a Jewish family. He attended St. Bernard's School, in Manhattan, and Phillips A ...

. * 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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daichendt, James 1975 births Living people American art critics Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni Teachers College, Columbia University alumni Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni