Eric Shiner
Director of The Andy Warhol Museum
Eric C. Shiner is the Director of The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. His scholarly focus is on the concept of bodily transformation in postwar Japanese photography, painting and performance art. Shiner was an assistant curator of the Yokohama Triennale 2001, Japan’s first ever large-scale exhibition of international contemporary art, and the curator of Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York at Japan Society in 2007. He is an active writer and translator, a contributing editor for Art AsiaPacific magazine and adjunct professor of art history at The University of Pittsburgh. He received a Bachelor of Philosophy in The History of Art & Architecture and Japanese Language & Literature from The University of Pittsburgh’s Honors College in 1994, an M.A. in The History of Art from Osaka University in 2001, and another M.A. in The History of Art from Yale in 2003.
Eric’s Conversations
| Conversation Topic | Host | Date |
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What are the effects when nature, landscape, and architecture are successfully infused with art? Where have you experienced this combination? |
Kulapat Yantrasast | November 25, 2012 |
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Eric Moderated This Conversation What are you passionate about collecting? How do you live with it, display it, and ultimately enjoy it? |
Eric Shiner | May 13, 2012 |
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Eric gave the Final Word What would you do, if you could pursue your interests without compromise? |
Irene Shum Allen | July 3, 2011 |