JENNIFER SUDUL EDWARDS

Jennifer Sudul Edwards, Ph.D. received her doctorate from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU in 2014 with a dissertation on the early works of Niki de Saint Phalle under the advisement of Dr. Linda Nochlin and Robert Storr. Since July 2019, she has been the chief curator and curator of contemporary art at The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has organized over 40 exhibitions and held curatorial positions at the Norton Simon Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and the Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles.

Dr. Sudul Edwards has won numerous awards for her publications, exhibitions, and curatorial work, including an SEMC Publications Award for her Wrestling the Angel compendium and Charlotte Magazine's "Best Curator" for 2017 and Charlottean of the Year in 2019. She is a cofounder and co-organizer of Sphere Series, Board Member at Goodyear Arts (Chair, 2019-2021; standing member, 2022-2025), Board Member at The Light Factory (2021-), and on the AFA Advisory Committee at Central Piedmont Community College (2019-).

Photo by Carey J. King