Christine Wertheim is the Chair of the MFA Writing Program at CalArts and poet, critic, performer and curator with a doctorate in literature and semiotics from Middlesex University. She’s taught critical theory and studio practice at Goldsmiths College and funded by a grant from The Annenberg Foundation she designed and ran a series of annual conferences on experimental writing. Christine has lectured and performed internationally, most recently at Soundeye poetry conference in Ireland, and The Walker Art Center. She co-directs the Institute For Figuring (IFF), which curates exhibitions and seminars on the intersection of art, science and mathematics. The IFF has received grants from The Andy Warhol, The Annenberg, and numerous other foundations. Projects from the IFF have been on view at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, The Walker Art Center, and New Children’s Museum, San Diego among many others.

Check out The Institute For Figuring here and Christine’s work here.