Washington, D.C.-based curator, critic, musician, and artist Jeffry Cudlin currently serves as Professor of Curatorial Practice at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. Since 2011, he has worked with students on hands-on, real-world projects in the first-in-the-nation Curatorial Practice MFA program founded by visionary curator George Ciscle.
In 2025, Cudlin joined the Board of Directors for The DC Arts Center. He has previously served as Director of Exhibitions for Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, and as a member of the Board of Trustees for The Contemporary, Baltimore’s nomadic art museum without walls. For his exhibitions and programs in Arlington, he was awarded a two-year grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Cudlin's work as an artist and curator has been reviewed in the Washington Post, Art Papers, and Art in America. His own artwriting has appeared in the Washington Post, the Washington City Paper, and Sculpture Magazine. He served as museum critic for the Washington City Paper for thirteen years. In 2009 and 2008, Cudlin was awarded back-to-back national First Place Altweekly Awards for Arts Criticism in papers with circulation greater than 50,000.
Cudlin received his MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park and his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.
In 2025, Cudlin joined the Board of Directors for The DC Arts Center. He has previously served as Director of Exhibitions for Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, and as a member of the Board of Trustees for The Contemporary, Baltimore’s nomadic art museum without walls. For his exhibitions and programs in Arlington, he was awarded a two-year grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Cudlin's work as an artist and curator has been reviewed in the Washington Post, Art Papers, and Art in America. His own artwriting has appeared in the Washington Post, the Washington City Paper, and Sculpture Magazine. He served as museum critic for the Washington City Paper for thirteen years. In 2009 and 2008, Cudlin was awarded back-to-back national First Place Altweekly Awards for Arts Criticism in papers with circulation greater than 50,000.
Cudlin received his MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park and his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.
