Dallas Contemporary announced that Peter Doroshenko (pictured), recently the president and artistic director of the Pinchuk Art Centra in Kiev, has been selected to be its new executive director replacing Joan Davidow. Of course, you’re wondering about Peter’s credentials. After all, his name is not all that familiar locally. Here’s the info provided by DC:
In addition to the Pinchuk Art Centre, Mr. Doroshenko has held Directorship positions at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst-SMAK, Ghent; and the Institute of Visual Arts at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. From 1991-1995 he was the curator of Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Most recently, Doroshenko organized one-person exhibitions including: Serhiy Bratkov, Andreas Gursky, Mariko Mori, Pascal Marthine-Tayou, and Sam Taylor-Wood.
Doroshenko is currently completing two books on contemporary art to be published in 2010 by Rispoli Books. He has also lectured extensively at international post-graduate programs including the Core Program at the Glassell School of Art, Houston; de Ateliers, Amsterdam; and the Pavilion/Palais de Tokyo, Paris. A native of Chicago, Mr. Doroshenko is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He completed the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and graduate studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Peter will assume his duties in October 2010. That’s just after the 19th Annual Legends event on Sept. 16 saluting Joan.