Sokolow to present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture

Deb Sokolow, “Whatever happened to the Pentagon (restaurant)?”, graphite, ink, correction fluid, acrylic, collage, type on paper, pins, 5 ft. x 5 ft., 2007.
Deb Sokolow, “Whatever happened to the Pentagon (restaurant)?”, graphite, ink, correction fluid, acrylic, collage, type on paper, pins, 5 ft. x 5 ft., 2007.

Deb Sokolow will present the next lecture of the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars Lecture Series on Thursday, April 28 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Sokolow is a Chicago-based artist and a lecturer at Northwestern University. She is a 2012 recipient of an Artadia Grant and has participated in residencies nationally and internationally.

Her exhibition record includes 15 solo shows, including the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, and 12 x 12 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Her selected group exhibitions include the 4th Athens Biennale, The Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis and The Drawing Center in New York. Her work is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, and several other notable collections.

The Hixson-Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars Lecture Series is underwritten by the Hixson-Lied Endowment, with additional support from other sources. The program brings notable artists, scholars and designers to UNL’s Department of Art and Art History, enhancing the education of students and enriching the culture of the state by providing a way for Nebraskans to interact with luminaries in the fields of art, art history and design.

Richards Hall is located at Stadium Drive and T sts. For more information, contact the Department of Art and Art History at (402) 472-5522.