Schor holds an MFA in painting from CalArts. She received the 1999 College Art Association Frank Jewett Mather Award in art criticism, a National Endowment for the Arts award in painting, a Guggenheim Fellowship in painting, and a Pollock-Krasner grant in painting. She teaches at Parsons School for Design at The New School and recently had a one-person show at Momenta Art in Brooklyn. She is the co-editor, with Susan Bee, of M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists Writings, Theory, and Criticism (Duke University Press, 2000) and she edited The Extreme of the Middle: Writings of Jack Tworkov (Yale University Press, 2009). She is the author of A Decade of Negative Thinking: Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life (Duke University Press, 2010) and Wet: On Painting, Feminism, and Art Culture (Duke University Press, 1997). Mira Schor is the co-founder and editor of M/E/A/N/I/N/G, a journal of contemporary art. While she has often written critically about artworks, often against the interests of the market and at some risk to her career, she argues that her survival as an artist is based on the existence of works she loves and that make her want to produce art. The blog is a natural extension of her teaching and the frequent emails and links to events, texts, and images of interest that she sends students. Wet: On Painting, Feminism, and Art Culture on JSTOR Taking aim at the mostly male bastion of art theory and criticism, Mira Schor brings a maverick perspective and provocative voice to the issues of contemporary. She writes about contemporary art and other cultural events, including films, poetry, and political events, with a view to reaching an audience of young artists. Books by Mira Schor A Decade of Negative Thinking: Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life Starting at 8.25 M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists Writings, Theory, and Criticism Starting at 6.46 Poetry Plastique Starting at 71.29 The Extreme of the Middle: Writings of Jack Tworkov Starting at 31. Mira Schor created a blog of writings on contemporary art and culture, A Year of Positive Thinking, to accompany and provide a positive counterpoint to the publication of her book A Decade of Negative Thinking: Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life (Duke University Press, 2010).

Wet by Mira Schor