Tanya Gayer is a curator and writer based in Sheboygan, WI. Her curatorial projects and research examine history-making processes embedded in archives, databases, governmental assimilation efforts, and algorithmic categorizations to realize the impact they have in forming identity and culture. Gayer received her dual masters degree in Curatorial Practice and Visual + Critical Studies from California College of the Arts and her BFA from University of Nevada, Reno.

Her curatorial projects have exhibited at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery; CTRL + SHFT; Embark Gallery; Gray Area; Hubbell Street Galleries; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Pro Arts Gallery; Root Division; Sonoma Valley Museum of Art; Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts; among many more. She has been in residence at Rogers Art Loft; Wassaic Project; Picture Berlin; and Signal Culture. Her writing has been published in Daily Serving and in exhibition catalogs produced through CULT Exhibitions; Holland Project; Marjorie Barrick Museum; Pro Arts; Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art; Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts; Women & Their Work; among others. Gayer has lectured at UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, University of Mississippi, California College of the Arts, and at the CODAME Art + Tech Festival. She has held curatorial and exhibition-related positions at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Soundwave, among others. She is currently the Associate Curator at John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

Email me at: tanyagayer [at] gmail [dot] com

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