Washington, D.C.-based artist, critic, and curator Jeffry Cudlin currently serves as Professor of Curatorial Practice in the Curatorial Practice MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore.
Since 2011, Cudlin has worked with students on hands-on, real-world projects in this first-in-the-nation MFA in Curatorial Practice founded by visionary curator George Ciscle.
Cudlin has worked as a performance artist, curator, painter, alternative comics artist, and musician. He previously served as Director of Exhibitions for Arlington Arts Center (now MoCA 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 at Arlington Arts Center, he was awarded a two-year grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. His work as an artist and curator has been reviewed in the Washington Post, Art Papers, and Art in America.
Cudlin's exhibition reviews have 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, starting in 2004.
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. In 2006, he took Third Place for the same category.
Cudlin received his MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park and his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.
Since 2011, Cudlin has worked with students on hands-on, real-world projects in this first-in-the-nation MFA in Curatorial Practice founded by visionary curator George Ciscle.
Cudlin has worked as a performance artist, curator, painter, alternative comics artist, and musician. He previously served as Director of Exhibitions for Arlington Arts Center (now MoCA 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 at Arlington Arts Center, he was awarded a two-year grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. His work as an artist and curator has been reviewed in the Washington Post, Art Papers, and Art in America.
Cudlin's exhibition reviews have 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, starting in 2004.
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. In 2006, he took Third Place for the same category.
Cudlin received his MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park and his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.
