Biography

Dr. Melissa Geppert is a specialist in contemporary art history and visual culture.  Her research focuses on contemporary public art practices, the communicative strategies employed by artists in collaborating with multi-sector stakeholders in public projects, and the ways in which artistic interventions into public space activate a heightened sensitivity to history as well as contemporary practices of living in common.

Dr. Geppert has presented her work internationally, including at the College Art Association annual conference, Performance Studies International, the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics' Encuentro, the Latin American Studies Association annual conference, and Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights Historical Dialogues conference.  She founded and co-directed a not-for-profit art space, Grammar Center, in Medford OR from 2014 through 2015, is currently co-director of Grammar Center Press artist books, and is a co-founder of Common Measure, an interdisciplinary platform for art and public ecology.

Education

• Ph.D. in Art History from University of Minnesota (2012)
• M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU Tisch School of the Arts (2003)
• B.F.A. in painting from University of Minnesota (2001)
• B.A. in Art History from University of Minnesota (2001)