The School of Art, Art History & Design is pleased to welcome Dornith Doherty As a visiting artist.
A 2012 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, Doherty collaborates with biologists at international seed banks and creates art about the elusive goal of stopping time – specifically in relation to living materials. She has received grants from the Fulbright Foundation, the Japan Foundation, the Indiana Arts Commission, and the United States Department of the Interior, among others. Her art has been exhibited widely in the US and abroad, and she has presented scholarly papers and artist talks at over 80 institutions and conferences worldwide. Doherty’s work has been featured by American Way magazine, BBC’s Focus magazine, Dallas Morning News, Du magazine, Hyperallergic, National Geographic, New Yorker: Photo Booth, Oxford American Journal, Harper’s, Wall Street Journal, and Wired magazine, among others.
The Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series is underwritten by the Hixson-Lied Endowment, with additional support from other sources. The program brings notable artists, scholars and designers to the University of Nebraska; enhancing the education of our students and enriching the culture of the state by providing a way for the public to interact with luminaries in the fields of art, art history and design. All lectures in this series are free and open to the public.