Daniel A. Siedell, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Daniel A. Siedell explores the aesthetic, epistemological, and ethical implications of artistic practice. Trained as a specialist in modern and contemporary art and theory, he is an independent scholar, lecturer, and consultant. Since 2013, he also serves as Presidential Scholar & Art Historian in Residence at The King’s College in New York City. He was previously Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and for over a decade he served as Chief Curator at the Sheldon Museum of Art (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), where he collaborated with numerous artists on exhibition and publishing projects. His books include Weldon Kees and the Arts at Midcentury (University of Nebraska Press, 2003); Martínez Celaya: Early Work (Whale & Star, 2005); God in the Gallery (Baker Academic, 2008); Who’s Afraid of Modern Art? (Cascade, 2015); and more recently Enrique Martínez Celaya: Work and Documents, 1990-2015 (Radius Books, 2016). His most recent project focuses on the role of faith in the development and practice of modern painting.
Education
- PhD, University of Iowa
- MA, State University of New York at Stony Brook
- BA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Academic Area
- School of the Arts
Courses Taught
- ART 555 – History of 20th-Century Art, Criticism, and Theory
- ART 575 – Writing Art Criticism
- ART 577 – Visual Culture
- ART 615 – Modernism and Religion