Dave McKenzie (A '00, F '11, '17) will commence his Resident Faculty Artist Lecture on Tuesday, July 9, 7:30 PM at Skowhegan’s Campus in Madison, Maine.

The Barbara Lee Lectures Series have been a core part of Skowhegan summers and the school’s pedagogical framework. An intangible legacy connected to the idea of ​​transference of knowledge and mutual learning. Since 1952, these lectures have been recorded and collected within the Skowhegan Lecture Archive, an extraordinary trove of artists’ voices captured in the uniquely intimate setting of campus.

You can always contact us at mail@skowheganart.org if you have any questions. Assistive listening devices are available if you call to reserve a headset at least 24 hours prior to the lecture.

Learn more about Dave McKenzie below:

Dave McKenzie was born in Kingston, Jamaica. In videos, sculptures, performances, and installations, McKenzie explores how public space and the private self are simultaneously alienated, connected, and restricted.  At the heart of this diverse practice lies a quest for interactions that lay bare the complications of social rules and obligations with which we navigate personal relationships. 

McKenzie’s recent solo exhibitions include AEIOU, at Galerie Barbara Wien; An Intermission, University Art Museum, State University of New York, Albany; And sometimes y, Vielmetter Los Angeles; Dave McKenzie, Aspen Art Museum; Screen Doors on Submarines, REDCAT, Los Angeles; and Momentum 8: Dave McKenzie, ICA Boston. McKenzie’s work has been included in several biennials and notable group exhibitions including: Soft Power, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Stories of Almost Everyone, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the 2014 Whitney Biennial; Etched in Collective History, at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL; Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art, at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX; and Prospect.1 New Orleans, LA.