Visiting artist John Lehr to give lecture
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 15 at 7:30pm
Location: A+A 113
Artist Website: JohnLehr.net
Sponsored by University of Tennessee School of Art – Painting/Drawing and Photography
John Lehr was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his BFA from The Maryland Institute College of Art in 1998 and his MFA from Yale University in 2005. His work is included in the permanent collections at The Museum of Modern Art, The Morgan Library and Museum, The Corcoran Gallery of Art and The Yale University Art Gallery among others. His work has been reviewed in The New York Times. Artforum, Art in America, The Brooklyn Rail and The New Yorker. He has taught at Yale University and The School of Visual Arts and is currently chair of the photography department at Purchase College, SUNY. He is represented by Kate Werble Gallery in NYC.