Gale Memorial Lecture Series

The Gale Memorial Lecture Series was established in memory of Dr. David Gale and his wife Sylvia whose generosity made the series possible.

Since the establishment of the David and Sylvia Gale Endowment in 1993, the Visiting Artist Lecture Series has thrived, and many students have benefitted from the scholarship. Lectures are free and open to the public.

Full Lectures on Youtube

Gale Memorial Lecture Series Fall 2025

Photo announcement of Sheida Soleimani Lecture

Sheida Soleimani

https://edelassanti.com/artists/67-sheida-soleimani/
Artist Talk: Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 5:30 pm
ARTSLab, 131 Pine St. NE

Sheida Soleimani (b. 1990) received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2015. Recent solo exhibitions include Panjereh, International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, New York, USA (2025); no breath, no breeze, ICA Maine, Portland, Maine, USA (2024); The Banner Project: Ghostwriter, MFA Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (2023); Ghostwriter, Edel Assanti, London, UK (2023); Negotiators, Kunsthaus Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, CH (2022); Ghostwriter, Providence College Galleries, Providence, USA (2022); ILVA, Castello San Basilio, Basilicata, Italy (2022); Levers of Power, Silver Eye Centre for Photography, Pittsburgh, USA (2021); Hotbed, Denny Dimin Gallery, New York, USA (2020); Medium of Exchange, Southern Utah Museum of Art, Utah; CUE Art Foundation, New York; Cincinnati Contemporary Art, Cincinnati and Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, all USA (2018-2019). Selected group exhibitions include Uncanny, National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., US (2025); Acts of Resistance: Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest, South London Gallery, London, UK (2024); Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America, PAFA, Philadelphia, USA (2023); A Trillion Sunsets, ICP, New York, USA (2022); Immune Project, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland (2022); Denunciation!, ACC Gallery, Weimar, Germany (2021); deCordova Biennial, deCordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, USA (2019); Ecologies of Darkness, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany (2019). Soleimani lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island.

Event Presented by:

  • UNM Department of Art
  • ARTSLab 20th Anniversary
  • UNM Women’s Resource Center