Jessica Baran

Jessica Baran is a poet, curator, critic and Associate Director of Curatorial and Program Development at Barrett Barrera Projects and projects+gallery. She has independently curated exhibitions of the work of Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Robert Gober and Kerry James Marshall, among many other artists. She has also written for numerous publications, including Artforum, Art in America, Flash Art and BOMB Magazine; and is the author of three books of ekphrastic poetry. Baran received her MFA in poetry writing from Washington University, St. Louis, and her BA in fine art from Columbia University, New York. Intermittantly, she lectures at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art and St. Louis University’s Prison Arts & Education program.