Kendall DeBoer is the Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, and a PhD Candidate in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester. She specializes in 20th- and 21st-century art made from unconventional materials, such as cellophane, tinsel, glitter, aluminum foil, balloons, garlands, and hair. Her interests also include craft, surrealisms, and self-taught art. She is particularly interested in affect, intimacy, atmospheres, and hyper-relationality.
She recently wrapped up her role as Curatorial Assistant in Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Previously, she has held positions at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Contemporary Austin, the Blanton Museum of Art, and the Harry Ransom Center. She was part of the 2019 Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice at the Center for Curatorial Leadership. She currently lives in Waterville, Maine with her cats, Peach Pie and Worm.
Photo © Olivia Rose Edvalson, 2013