Katherine Guinness
is a theorist and historian of contemporary art. She is Assistant Professor of Critical Studies in the Department of Art at the University of Maryland, College Park. Previously, she was Assistant Professor and Director of Art History at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), where she also served as the academic director of the downtown Gallery of Contemporary Art (or GOCA). She received her PhD from the University of Manchester and is the author of the first academic monograph on German artist Rosemarie Trockel, Schizogenesis, which was published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2019, and is co-author of The Influencer Factory: A Marxist Theory of Corporate Personhood on YouTube, which was published by Stanford University Press in 2024. She has been a guest editor for Art Journal Open and is the co-founder of FEARS, the Female Emerging Artist Residency Series, at UCCS.
Katherine has taught in a wide range of departments and programs across the globe, including the University of Sydney (where she taught a class in “Digital Arts” in their Digital Cultures program), the University of New South Wales (where she taught Architectural History), North Carolina State University (where she taught in their Art History and Women’s and Gender Studies programs), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (where she taught a number of First Year Seminars in Art History). She is interested in many topics within contemporary art, all of which she examines with a feminist lens, and is currently working on projects that include: the relation between anesthetics and the history of aesthetic theory; “zaniness” in contemporary Australian performance and video art; death, immortality and digital media in the work of a number of younger video artists; and a project on the political economy and visual culture of social media influencers.
The above image is a meme by @cyborg.asm on Instagram, referencing the article “Do You Really Want to Live Forever,” which was coauthored with Grant Bollmer. The original meme can be found here and the article can be found here.
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FEMINIST INTERVIEW PROJECT
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The Feminist Interview Project, organized by Katherine Guinness and Jocelyn Marshall on behalf of CAA’s Committee for Women in the Arts, examines the practices of feminism by interviewing a range of scholars and artists, preserving oral histories while expanding the boundaries of what might be considered feminist. Throughout its interviews, this project reimagines the possibilities of feminist practice and feminist futures.
Currently Published Interviews Include
Christine Sun Kim in Conversation with Tabitha Jacques
For the inaugural interview published Art Journal Open, the Feminist Interview Project presented artist Christine Sun Kim in conversation with Tabitha Jacques, director of placemaking at Gallaudet University. The two met for a conversation over Zoom, spanning locales from New York to Berlin.
Senga Nengudi in Conversation with Daisy McGowan
For the second collaboration with Art Journal Open, the Feminist Interview Project presented artist Senga Nengudi in conversation with Daisy McGowan, director and chief curator of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Gallery of Contemporary Art. The two met for a conversation in Colorado Springs on January 21, 2020.
Cassils in Conversation with Amelia Jones
For our ongoing collaboration with Art Journal Open, the Feminist Interview Project is excited to present artist Cassils in conversation with Amelia Jones, the Robert A. Day Professor and Vice Dean of Faculty and Research at the Roski School of Art and Design. The two met for a conversation over Zoom on May 18, 2022, in Los Angeles.
Julia Rose Sutherland in Conversation with Jocelyn E. Marshall
For our ongoing collaboration with Art Journal Open, the Feminist Interview Project is excited to present Indigenous artist Julia Rose Sutherland in conversation with scholar and curator Jocelyn E. Marshall. The two met for a conversation over Zoom on December 4, 2021.
Mira Schor in Conversation with Charlotte Kent
For our ongoing collaboration with Art Journal Open, the Feminist Interview Project is excited to present artist and writer Mira Schor in conversation with Charlotte Kent, arts writer and Associate Professor of Visual Culture at Montclair State University. The two met for a conversation over Zoom on March 9, 2021. This interview has been edited for clarity.
Katherine Guinness in Conversation with Jasmine Dillavou
For our ongoing collaboration with Art Journal Open, the Feminist Interview Project is excited to present artist Jasmine Dillavou in conversation with Katherine Guinness, lecturer in art history at the University of Queensland. The two met for a conversation over Zoom on October 14, 2021.
Michal Heiman in Conversation with Gil Z. Hochberg
For our ongoing collaboration with Art Journal Open, the Feminist Interview Project is excited to present artist Michal Heiman in conversation with Gil Z. Hochberg, Ransford Professor of Hebrew and Visual Studies, Comparative Literature, and Middle East Studies at Columbia University, and the current Chair of the department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies. The two met for conversations over Zoom from September 2–5, 2023.