Dr. Dj Hellerman

Biography

DJ Hellerman is the Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. He leads research implementation on artist-centered projects, exhibitions, and programming. Hellerman is focused on helping ideas find material form, emphasizing collaboration, experimentation, process, and product. He is committed to building relationships based on trust, effective communication, and vulnerability, which allow for the openness and intimacy essential to creating meaningful work. DJ works with artists on context-sensitive, intergenerational, and interdisciplinary projects, focusing on the artistic process and the relationship between art, technology, and spirituality. His interests also include place-based art making and the early use of video as an art form. Recent exhibitions curated by him include works by notable artists such as Henry Taylor, Jayson Musson, Doreen Lynette Garner, and Yoko Ono, among others.

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