
PhD in Theatre History and Performance Studies
Fields of Interest
Biography
Eric Villiers is an artist, scholar, and curator. Currently, he is PhD candidate in Theatre History and Performance Studies at the University of Washington. Villiers’ research brings together museum studies, queer studies, and performance studies to critically engage with contemporary curatorial practices of displaying minoritarian art and the ways in which this work performatively operates within museum environments. He has been the resident artist for a number of organizations including, Asphalt Arts, the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department, Rising Youth Theatre, and Mesa Arts Center. Villiers’ curatorial work includes Breaking Expectations at the Palo Verde Library in Phoenix, AZ and we sense, we remember, we rest, we dream: We Black, We Surreal at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA.
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Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Washington, 2024
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Selected Research
- we sense, we remember, we rest, we dream: We Black, We, Surreal. Curated by Brittney Frantece, Chari Glogovac-Smith, Fal Efram Iyoab, Cassie Mira, and Eric Villiers. Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA. June 29-July 22, 2023.
- Villiers, Eric. "More Than Just a Fuck." A Year in Black Art, issue 6 (2023): 44-49.
- Eric Villiers, “Staging Queer, Queer(ing) Curation: Queer Art, Queer Performativity, and Queer Curatorial Practices in Art Museums,” expected 2024.
- Villiers, Eric. Staging Queer, Queer(ing) Curation: Queer Art, Queer Performativity, and Queer Curatorial Practices in Art Museums. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. In progress.
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Winter 2025
Autumn 2024
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Autumn 2023
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Autumn 2022
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Professional AffiliationsAmerican Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC), American Alliance for Theatre & Education (AATE)