Assistant Professor, Director Mason Exhibitions, Curator of Collections, Director Provisions Research Center for Art & Social Change, CVPA
Contact Information
Campus: Fairfax
Building: Art and Design Building
Room L001
Mail Stop: 1C3
Personal Websites
Biography
Donald H. Russell has been active since 1979 as a contemporary art curator and director. His research and curatorial practices focus on developing expanded social contexts for art. He is currently George Mason University’s curator, responsible for programming exhibitions, collection displays, and public art on the Fairfax, Manassas, and Arlington campuses. Additionally, he directs the Provisions Research Center for Art and Social Change, providing creative resources for community-engaged public art projects. Russell has produced over 130 exhibitions as well as public art commissions, residencies, conferences, and field projects. His work spans all contemporary art media with particular emphasis on research as art, public art, new media, photography, and artists’ publications. Previously, Russell was executive director of the Washington Project for the Arts and had various leadership roles at Visual Studies Workshop. He received his MFA in Interarts from George Mason University.
Degree:
MFA in Interarts, George Mason University.