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[email protected] CURRICULUM VITAE BIO Jan Tumlir is an art-writer and teacher based in Los Angeles. He is a founding editor of the local art journal X-TRA, and his articles appear regularly in Artforum and Flash Art. He has written catalog essays for such artists as Bas Jan Ader, Uta Barth, John Divola, James Welling, Jorge Pardo and Cyprien Gaillard. Tumlir is a member of the MFA faculty at Art Center College of Design, and has in the past taught at Otis, CalArts, USC, UCR and UCLA. This year he is visiting Washington University in St. Louis as the Wallace Herndon Smith Distinguished Professor of Art. His book LA Artland, a survey of contemporary art in Los Angeles co- written with Chris Kraus and Jane McFadden, was published by Black Dog Press in 2005. Hyenas Are…, a book on artist Matthew Brannon, was published by Mousse in 2011. Tumlir’s latest book, The Magic Circle, On The Beatles, Pop Art, Art-Rock and Records was published by Onomatopee in 2015. EDUCATION Jan. 1987-Dec. 1988: MFA, California Institute of the Arts. Sept. 1983-Dec. 1985: BFA, University of California, Los Angeles. Sept. 1981-June 1983: California State University, Long Beach. BOOKS 2015: The Magic Circle: On The Beatles, Pop Art, Art-Rock and Records, Onomatopee. 2014: X-TRA Collected Writings, X-TRA. 2013: In the Good Name of the Company, Picturebox & ForYourArt. 2011: Matthew Brannon: Hyenas Are… Mousse Publishing. 2010: Endless Bummer: Surf Elsewhere, with Drew Heizler, Blum & Poe.