James Rondeau Biography

James Rondeau is the President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago. Prior to this position Rondeau led two of the eleven curatorial departments at the museum as the Dittmer Chair and Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art from 2004–2015 as well as Chair and Curator of Photography from 2008–2009. Rondeau holds a B.A. in American Civilization from Middlebury College (VT) and an M.A. in the History of Art from Williams College (MA). After serving as the Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Connecticut he joined the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998 as an Associate Curator of Contemporary Art and rose to become department chair in 2004. From 2004-2015 he defined the museum’s internationally respected contemporary art program taking on the additional interim role of Chair and Curator of Photography from 2008-2009. Over the course of his tenure he secured numerous major gifts most notably in 2015 when he ushered in the largest gift of art in the museum’s history—the Edlis/Neeson Collection. Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on James Rondeau and other top speakers and celebrities.

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