Chrissie Iles
Chrissie Iles is a British-American art curator, critic, and art historian. She is the Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Early life and work Chrissie Iles was born in Beirut to British parents Albert Ronald and Isobel Campbell Iles, and grew up in the Middle East before the family relocated to the United Kingdom when she was 10 years old. Iles earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History and History of Art at University of Bristol, and a postgraduate diploma in arts administration from City University, London. After graduating, Iles ran Waterloo Gallery and Studios, an experimental art venue with artists studios and a public exhibition space. After the Gallery lost its space, Iles worked as assistant to Robin Klassnik at Matt's Gallery. Career In 1988, Iles became Head of Exhibitions at Modern Art Oxford, working with director David Elliott to organize solo exhibitions of Sol LeWitt, Marina Abramović, Louise Bourgeois, John Latham, Gary Hill, Donald Judd, and Yoko Ono, as well as mixed-media thematic exhibitions Signs of the Times: Film, Video and Slide Installations in the 1980s (1990), Scream and Scream Again: Film and Art (1996), and Slide