Jonathan Perkins
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One University Plaza, MS VPA 62 2205 Stockton Dr.
Springfield, IL 62703 Springfield, IL 62703
(217) 206-7546 (tel.)
(217) 206-6248 (fax)
Education
1988-2000 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D., History of Art, August 2000
Dissertation: Klee and Eros
M.A., History of Art, August 1990
1986-1987 Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London Studied fifteenth-century European art
1982-1986 Harvard University A.B., cum laude, Fine Arts (Art History), 1986
Professional Work Experience
Aug. 2008-present Associate Professor of Art History; Art, Music, and Theatre Department; University of Illinois, Springfield
Aug. 2007-Aug.2010 Chair, Visual Arts Department, University of Illinois, Springfield
Aug. 2002-Aug. 2008 Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Illinois, Springfield
Aug. 2005-July 2007 Director, Visual Arts Gallery of the University of Illinois, Springfield
Aug. 2001-May 2002 Part-Time Instructor, Maryville University
Aug. 2000-May 2001 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis
June 1999-May 2001 Part-Time Instructor, St. Louis Community College at Meramec
Sept. 1997-Feb. 1999 Researcher at Phillips-Selkirk, St. Louis Fine Arts Auction House
1990-1991 Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan
1989-1994 Grader, University of Michigan
1991-1993 Assistant Guest Curator, University of Michigan Museum of Art
“The Fair View: Representations of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893,” exhibition held at the Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago and the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Aug.-Dec. 1993
Publications
2010 “Paul Klee, the Femme Fatale, and Symbolism,” book chapter in Rosina Neginsky, ed., Symbolism, Its Origins and Its Consequences, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 572-582.
Winter/Spring 2008 “Childhood and Eros: Parallels between Klee and Freud,” Source: Notes in the History of Art, Vol. XXVII, Nos. 2/3, pp. 32-39.
Sep. 2006 Bearing Witness: The Art of Preston Jackson, catalogue for exhibition at the Visual Arts Gallery of the University of Illinois at Springfield, pp. 4-16.
Nov. 2005 “Crafting the Digital: Mike Miller’s Recent Work,” in Mike Miller: Digital Environments, catalogue for exhibition at the Visual Arts Gallery of the University of Illinois at Springfield, pp. 1-2.
Nov. 2004 “Robert Natkin’s Abstract Narratives,” in Robert Natkin: Paintings and Prints, catalogue for exhibition at the Visual Arts Gallery of the University of Illinois at Springfield, pp. 2-4.
Aug. 2004 “The Art of the Coinage of Mende,” The Celator, Vol. 18, No. 8, pp. 6-16.
April 2004 “Representations of Blindness in Picasso’s Blue Period,” Archives of Ophthalmology, Vol. 122, No. 4, pp. 636-639 (Co-authored with Dr. James Raven).
Feb. 1997 “Paul Klee and the Grotesque Body,” in The Grotesque in Art, Papers from the Eighth Annual Art History Graduate Student Association Symposium, University of Arizona, Tucson, pp. 12-20.
1995 (published) “Danger Recollected and Foreseen: Paul Klee’s Blitzgefahr,”
Bulletin: The University of Michigan Museums of Art and
Archaeology, Vol. X, 1992-93, pp. 4-26.
Public Lectures
Feb. 2014 “Gender Problems in Paul Klee’s Self-Portraits,” paper presented at the 2014 College Art Association Annual Meeting, Chicago
Nov. 2013 “Paul Klee’s Dark Side,” sabbatical presentation at the University of Illinois, Springfield
April 2012 “Fantastic Nature: Associations between Paul Klee and Odilon Redon,” paper presented at Symbolism: Its Origins and Its Consequences, International Conference held at Allerton Park, Monticello, Illinois
Sept. 2010 “Five Accomplished But Little-Known Artists,” lecture at the Springfield Art Association
April 2009 “Paul Klee, the Femme Fatale, and Symbolism,” paper presented at Symbolism: Its Origins and Its Consequences, International Conference held at Allerton Park, Monticello, Illinois
Sept. 2008 “Francis Bacon,” lecture at the Springfield Art Association
April 2008 “‘In the Womb of Nature’: Paul Klee’s Images of Fertility,” paper presented at the Midwest Art History Society Annual Meeting, Chicago
Nov. 2007 “Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portraits,” lecture at the Springfield Art Association
Oct. 2007 Panel Discussant, “The Power of Partnerships,” presentation at the Illinois Association of Museums Annual Conference, Springfield, Illinois
Feb. 2007 “Childhood and Eros: Parallels between Paul Klee and Sigmund Freud,” paper presented at the 2007 College Art Association Annual Meeting, New York (Abstract published in CAA, 95th Annual Conference, Abstracts 2007, p. 15)
Sept. 2006 “Picasso and Paradox,” lecture at the Springfield Art Association
March 2006 “‘Eating the Enemy’: Robert Natkin’s Palimpsest Series,” paper presented at the Midwest Art History Society Annual Meeting, Dallas Museum of Art
April 2004 “Paul Klee’s Erotic Childhood,” paper presented at the Midwest Art History Society Annual Meeting, Notre Dame University
Feb. 2004 “Robert Natkin and Howard Hodgkin,” lecture at the Springfield Art Association
April 2003 “‘The Hellish Perversity’: Paul Klee’s Hermaphroditic Self-Portraits,” paper presented at the Midwest Art History Society Annual Meeting, University of Pittsburgh
March 2003 “Paul Klee,” lecture at the Springfield Art Association
Feb. 2003 “The Sex and Violence of Picasso,” lecture for ArtNOW series at the University of Illinois at Springfield
Feb. 1997 “Paul Klee and the Grotesque Body,” paper presented at The Grotesque in Art, The Eighth Annual Art History Graduate Student Association Symposium, University of Arizona, Tucson
Oct. 1993 “The Book of the Builders: Chronicle and Construct,” paper presented at the opening symposium of the exhibition The Fair View: Representations of the World’s Columbian Exposition
of 1893, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Service at the University of Illinois, Springfield
Member, CLAS Peer Review of Teaching Committee, Fall 2010-Spring 2014
(Co-Chair Fall 2010-Spring 2012)
Co-Chair, Visual Arts Art Instructor/Gallery Director Search Committee,
Academic Year 2011-12
Member, Music Program Ethnomusicology Faculty Search Committee,
Academic Year 2011-12
Member, Music Program Applied Music Specialist Search Committee,
Academic Year 2011-12
Chair, Visual Arts Ceramics Search Committee, Academic Year 2010-2011
Member, Committee to Investigate Intercollegiate Athletics, July 2009-April 2010
Member, CLAS Peer Review of Teaching Task Force, Oct. 2009-May 2010
Member, Executive Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Aug. 2007-May 2010
Member, Music Advisory Committee, Nov. 2005-present
Member, Visual Arts Department Committee, Aug. 2002-present
Member, Visual Arts Personnel Committee, Aug. 2002-present
Visual Arts Department Assessment Liaison, 2003-present
Visual Arts Department Scholarship Coordinator, Fall 2008-present
Visual Arts Representative, Capital Scholar and Transfer Preview Days,
Fall 2002-present
Member, Visual Arts Ceramics One-year Appointment Search Committee, Summer 2008
Member, Assistant to the Dean of CLAS Search Committee, Dec. 2007
Member, Capital Scholars Steering Committee, Aug. 2004-Dec. 2006
Member, Visual Arts Digital Art/Graphic Design Search Committee, Academic Year
2005-2006
Member, Communications Department Theater Faculty Search Committee, Spring 2006
Co-Chair, Visual Arts Ceramics Search Committee, Academic Year 2004-2005
Member, General Education Working Group, March 2003-Sept. 2005
Member, Art Acquisition Committee
Other Service Activities
Selecting or Awarding Judge, Liturgical and Sacred Art Exhibition, held at the Springfield Art Association, 2006, 2008, 2010