Museum Director
Office: Dishman Art Museum
Phone: 409-880-7794
Email: dennis.kiel@lamar.edu 

A respected curator, Dennis Kiel comes to Lamar University from Charlotte, N.C., where he served as interim executive director and chief curator at The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film. 

Before joining The Light Factory, Kiel was the associate curator of prints, drawings and photographs at the Cincinnati Art Museum for 24 years. He also taught the history of photography at Northern Kentucky University as an adjunct professor for several years.

Kiel holds a master’s degree in art history from the University of Cincinnati and a bachelor of fine arts in graphic design from Ohio University.

He served as a member of the National Endowment for the Arts panel titled “American Masterpieces: Visual Arts Touring” and has participated in portfolio reviews at Houston Fotofest, “Our World” for Photo Alliance, Photolucida, Review Santa Fe, SlowExposures Photography Festival and Atlanta Celebrates Photography.

Dennis was also a juror for Photolucida’s Critical Mass 50 in 2011-2013 and the sole adjudicator for the Tennessee Arts Commission’s 2014 Individual Artist Fellowship in Media: Photography.