Aileen
Wilson lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently associate professor in Art and Design Education, Pratt Institute.
Research interests include gothic and violent content in adolescent
drawing; integrating contemporary artists’ ideas and processes into art
education studio classes and visualizing research design in art
education. She earned a B.A. (Hons) 1st class
Printmaking/Painting, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland, an M.A.
in Printmaking, Chelsea School of Art, London, UK, an Ed. M. Art/Art
Education, Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York City and is
currently a doctoral student in Art/Art Education, Teacher’s College,
Columbia University, New York City. She was confirmed as Fulbright specialist
roster candidate 2010-2015. Recent projects include Neo-nomads: what travels with you? a group exhibition withKim
Beck, Adam Brent, Emily Henretta, Sangbin IM, McKendree Key, Ward
Shelley, and Traci Talasco. Curated by Aileen Wilson, Baseera Khan and
Anne-Laure Fayard at the Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. January
19 – February 26, 2011, as well as conference presentations including From Studio to Classroom: The ‘confessional tale’ of a studio class for pre-service teachers
with Hannah Brenner –Leonard, Jane Rothberg & Danielle Barbaro at
the NAEA Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD. April 14-18, 2010.
Publications include Building_space_with_words:
An interactive, multi-media installation exploring the relationship
between physical and virtual space
co-authored with Anne-Laure Fayard in Leonardo: The Journal of the
International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, MIT Press.
Vol. 43, No 3 (2010) and Promenade(s) with Anne-Laure Fayard in Mihatsch, R. (Ed) (2010) Taking FROM Leaving IN Moving ON. Revolver: Berlin (ISBN 978-3-86895-137-0)
