DJ Hellerman is Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Fabric Workshop & Museum in Philadelphia where he leads the research and implementation of artist-centered projects, exhibitions, and programming.
Hellerman is focused on helping ideas find material form through the foundational elements of collaboration, experimentation, and process over product. He is committed to building relationships based on trust, effective communication, and vulnerability to allow for the openness and intimacy essential for creating meaningful work.
Working with artists across context-sensitive, intergenerational, and interdisciplinary projects, DJ focuses on artistic process; the relationship between art, technology, and spirituality; place-based art making; early use of video as an artform; and the development of alternative cultural institutions.
Recent exhibitions include Henry Taylor: Nothing Change, Nothing Strange; Jayson Musson: His History of Art; Doreen Lynette Garner: Pale In Comparison; Ira Lombardia: VOID; YOKO ONO: REMEMBERING THE FUTURE; Strata: Frank Gillette and Suzanne Anker co-curated with David Ross; Jeff Donaldson: Dig; Vanessa German: de.structive dis.tillation; Adam Milner: Late Night Space Force; Edie Fake: Structures Shift; T.R. Ericsson: I Was Born To Bring You Into This World; Björn Schülke: Traveling Spy; and Mildred Beltré: DreamWork.
