Art historian and curator 安德里亚Gyorody has been named the director of the 弗雷德里克·r·韦斯曼艺术博物馆 at 佩珀代因大学. Gyorody has served as interim director since October 2021, succeeding longtime director Michael R. Zakian, who passed away in January 2020. She brings more than a decade of expertise in 20th- and 21st-century European and American art to the Weisman Museum.

“Dr. 安德里亚Gyorody is a dedicated, passionate leader committed to thought-provoking and inspiring exhibitions,” says Rebecca Carson, managing director of the Lisa Smith Wengler 艺术中心 at Pepperdine. “Throughout her time at Pepperdine, she has proven to be laser-focused on providing high-quality programming and experiences for our patrons, our Pepperdine community, and our Pepperdine students. The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art is in excellent hands under her thoughtful guidance.”

Gyorody most recently served as the Ellen Johnson ’33 Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, where she focused on diversifying the permanent collection through acquisitions of work by emerging artists, as well as collaborating across college departments to create programs to support Oberlin’s diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion efforts. At the Allen, her exhibition 黑大西洋的来世, co-curated with art historian Matthew Francis Rarey, received a 2020 Award for Curatorial Excellence from the Association of Art Museum Curators. Gyorody has previously held positions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; 盖蒂研究所； and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. She has also curated a number of significant projects including 我喜欢洛杉矶，洛杉矶喜欢我：约瑟夫·博伊斯100岁 for Track 16 Gallery in Los Angeles (2021); the international traveling exhibition 更大更大胆的形式：伊娃·黑塞的绘画（2019-2022） co-curated with Barry Rosen; and 渲染（h x w x d =）, a major commission by Barbara Bloom for the inaugural FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art (2018).

除了策展，吉罗迪在艺术界也是一个活跃的声音。 Her writing has appeared in publications including 登载于; Hyperallergic; 《美食与文化》杂志; 《六十年代：历史、政治和文化杂志》; and the edited volumes 对象-事件-行为：20世纪60年代以来的艺术、物质性和连续性 and 战争的艺术. She was also the founding editor of 消化, the online publication of the Los Angeles-based arts organization Active Cultures.

Passionate about undergraduate education, Gyorody has taught art history at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Otis College of Art and Design. She received a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles; an MA from the Williams College graduate program in the history of art; 以及阿姆赫斯特学院的学士学位。

As interim director of the Weisman Museum, Gyorody has overseen several exhibitions at Pepperdine, including 栽培者：金赛非裔美国人艺术和历史收藏亮点, one of the country's most significant collections showcasing African American history. She curated the summer 2022 exhibition 格温·默里尔：动物的本性, which was initiated by the late Zakian and featured elegant sculptures from the breadth of Murrill’s career. Looking forward, Gyorody is pleased to partner with the organization Bridge Projects as they restage their exhibition 去买，去弯 at the Weisman this fall. She is spearheading the speaker series Thought Partners featuring conversations about art and religion, which will commence in September 2022, and is organizing the first West Coast solo exhibition of paintings by Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson for fall 2023.