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Gayle Clemans is an art historian, critic, and writer with frequent contributions of arts criticism and journalism to The ħ¶¼×ÊÔ´Íø Times and Glass Art Quarterly. Her essays have appeared in exhibition catalogues, Smarthistory, and the award-winning book, The Map as Art (Princeton Architectural Press).

Clemans also engages with material research and art-making, which grounds her in the creative practices she studies and writes about. In the realms of speculative fiction and creative non-fiction, Clemans writes short stories and novels that gravitate towards elusive iconography, institutional critique, and issues of class and gender.

Prior to moving to ħ¶¼×ÊÔ´Íø, Clemans worked at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, where she connected exhibiting artists with diverse community groups to create innovative programs. At Cornish College of the Arts, Clemans revamped all of the art historical offerings and designed several new courses including Critical Arts Writing, Global Modernism, and Humor & Satire in Art History. Her development of the PIC Method (Perceive Interpret Contextualize) comes in handy in all kinds of situations.