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, Ph.D. Chief Curator / Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quincy Scott Curator of Asian Art The Walters Art Museum office:(410)547-9000 ext.612 600 North Charles Street cell: (410)382-6586 Baltimore MD 21201 rmintz@thewalters.org Curriculum Vitae 2014 EDUCATION University of Washington Ph.D.: East Asian Art History, Japanese Concentration, June 2002 M.A.: East Asian Art History, Japanese Concentration, June 1995 Inter-University Center, Stanford University, Yokohama, Japan, Summer 1994 Advanced Japanese language study University of Michigan A.B.: History of Art, Japanese Concentration, December 1989 Reed College Studio Art and general distribution, September 1984 June 1987 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2012-present Chief Curator, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD Supervise staff of the curatorial division Advocate for the growth of the art collections Oversee the archives and the research library Advocate for the curatorial division with museum leadership 2006-present Curator of Asian Art Oversee research, display, and ongoing care of Asian art collections Create exhibitions drawing on Walters and outside collections Provide public programming related to the arts of Asia 2011-2013 Visiting Faculty in Art History / Asian Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD AS 313: The Image in Japanese Visual Culture AS 389: The arts of East Asia: Museum Installation Theory and Practice 2009-2012 Adjunct Art Historian, Towson University, Towson, MD Teach one course per year on Chinese, Japanese, and East Asian art history 2006 Study Leader, Smithsonian Journeys Tour Island World of Japan Provided curriculum and itinerary development assistance Presented on-site lectures and led discussions throughout the tour 2005 Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Asian Art History 2005 Editor, Seattle, WA Freelance editing on a contract basis of texts related to Japanese Art History

Page 2 2001-2005 Lecturer, Seattle University, Seattle, WA Non-Western Art History Academic Advisor: Art History, Fine Art Photography 2003-2005 Director, Kinsey Art Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle, WA Curated six exhibitions annually, supervised student employees, designed promotional materials, and wrote press releases 1998-2001 Adjunct Art Historian, Seattle University, Seattle, WA Non-Western Art History Fine Arts Department Core Curriculum 1997-1998 Adjunct Art Historian, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA History of Art: Asian, African, and European components 1994-1997 Assistant Slide Librarian, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Photographed and catalogued 10,000 annual additions to 250,000 image collection 1994-1995 Writing Tutor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Employed half-time to run an undergraduate drop-in writing center 1992-1997 Docent Educator, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Provided annual two-day sessions on Japanese art for provisional docent training program 1992-1994 Research Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Catalogued and organized Chinese, Japanese, and Indian images for UW slide library Read and summarized Japanese and Chinese texts for image identification 1992-1993 Research Assistant, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Seattle, WA Assisted with the opening of the Seattle Asian Art Museum Studied objects and wrote wall text for opening exhibit Assisted Curator of Japanese Art with day-to-day administrative tasks 1991-1997 Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Led 30-student discussion groups in 200-student survey classes of Western and Asian Art WORKS IN PRINT Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-First Century: The Betsy and Robert Feinberg Collection, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 2013. Japanese Cloisonné Enamels: The Stephen W. Fisher Collection, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 2009. Painterly Aspirations: Japanese Cloisonné at the turn of the Twentieth Century, Arts of Asia, Nov. 2009. Hidden Treasures: Japanese Swords in the Walters Collection, Arts of Asia, Jan. 2009. Chinese and Japanese Porcelains in the Walters Collection, Arts of Asia, Jan. 2009.

Page 3 Review of Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850 by Oliver Impey and Christiaan Jorg, 2005, for CAA Reviews, July 2007. Exhibition review of Intimate Worlds: Indian Paintings from the Alvin O. Bellak Collection, Art on Paper, September 2003 Review of Old Taoist by Steve Addiss, 2000, for CAA Reviews, November 2002 Roger Shimomura: A Retrospective Look at Japanese-American Identity, Artifact, September 1996 An Amalgam of Styles: Early Gilt Bronze Belt Buckle Plaque Reflects Northwest China s Multi- Culturalism, Artifact, March 1996 Press package, preview, and public lectures for Wu Family Shrines Exhibition, Seattle Asian Art Museum, August 1995 Discovering Asian Art in Eugene, Oregon: The University Museum Collection, Artifact, July 1995 CONFERENCE PAPERS AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS Kyoto, Japan s Imperial City, Smithsonian Resident Associates, Washington DC, 2013 Kado / Japan s Way with Flowers, Ellen Bayard Weedon Lecture in the Arts of Asia, The University of Virginia, 2011 Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints: Exploring the Pleasures of Urban Living, Smithsonian Resident Associates, Washington DC, 2011 The Working Image: Exploring Hara Yoyusai's Sketchbooks and Lacquers, MAR/AAS Conference, Penn State Univ., 2010 and AAS/ICAS Conference, Honolulu, 2011 Porcelain Snuff Bottles: The Jingdezhen Connection, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Alexandria, VA, 2010 Discussant for the panel: Jingdezhen s China: New Approaches to the Material Culture of Ceramics, Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2010 Tibet at the Court of the Ming Emperors: Exploring Exoticism in the Arts of 15 th -century China, Mitten Professorship Annual Lecture, Towson University, Towson, MD, 2010 Gifts of Armor, Woodrow Wilson House Museum, Washington DC, 2009 An Archaeology of Japanese Painting, \ Archaeological Institute of America, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2008 Kakiemon Porcelains: A Systematic Review of their Impact on European Porcelain Development, Presentation for the annual conference of the American Ceramics Circle, Baltimore, MD, 2008 Exploring the Arts of China, Presentation for the Art Seminar Group, Baltimore, MD, 2008 Naturalizing Kanzan: Selecting Poems from the Hanshanshi in Later Edo Paintings, for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association for Asian Studies Conference, Images and Words in Early Modern Japanese Paintings, College Park, MD, 2007

Page 4 Poetic Imagery in Japanese Painting, Presentation for the Art Seminar Group, Baltimore, MD, 2007 The Japanese Village, Presentation for Smithsonian Associates, Washington DC, 2007 Why Mi: The Mi-dot in Later Edo Painting for the College Art Association panel The Song Dynasty Beyond the Song: Its Legacy within and outside China, Atlanta, GA, 2005 Curator to Critic: Perspectives on Art, Community Forum Panel, Mirror Stage Company, Seattle, WA, 2003 Experiencing Visual Art, for the Pacific Northwest Ballet School / Seattle University academic program for members of the Corps-de-ballet, Seattle, WA, 2002 Buson s Poet Paintings as Self-Portraiture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2002 Reconsidering the Formation of the Canon Through an Analysis of Yosa Buson s Artistic Diversity, Presented to the JAWS Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1998 Indian Painting of the Mughal and Rajput Courts, Seattle, WA, 1997 Japanese Architecture - The Asian Avant-garde, Seattle, WA, 1996-2003 Three Contemporary Japanese Art Museums: Objectified Houses, UW Graduate Student Colloquium, April 1995 RECENT EXHIBITIONS The Two Planets Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Walters Art Museum (WAM), Autumn 2012 Hashiguchi Goyo s Beautiful Women, WAM, Summer 2012 Realistic Perfection: The making of Oriental Ceramic Art, WAM, Spring 2011 Japanese Cloisonné Enamels from the Stephen W. Fisher Collection, WAM, Spring 2010 Desire. Destruction. Transcendence Contemporary South Asian Paintings of Amita Bhatt, WAM, Autumn 2009 Autumn Colors: Edo Period Japanese Paintings from the Robert and Betsy Feinberg Collection, WAM, Autumn 2008 Recurrence Exploring the Repetition of Imagery across Cultural Boundaries, WAM, Autumn 2007 COURSES TAUGHT The Johns Hopkins University - Asian Studies 389 Exploring East Asian Art: Museum Installation Theory and Practice -12 students, lecture, discussion, and practicum The Johns Hopkins University - Asian Studies 313 - The Image in Japanese Visual Culture -20 students, lecture and discussion Towson University -Art History 330 - Art and Architecture of East Asia -42 students, lecture and discussion Towson University -Art History 333 - History of Japanese Art - 42 students, lecture and discussion

Towson University -Art History 331 - History of Chinese Art - 42 students, lecture and discussion Robert M. Mintz Page 5 University of Washington (UW) - Art History 204 - Survey of Asian Art - 240 students, lecture, 4 Graduate Teaching Assistants UW Art History 501 - Graduate Teaching Seminar - 7 students, discussions of pedagogy and readings to guide AH 204 graduate assistants UW - Art History 321 - Survey of Japanese Art - 60 to 75 students, lecture and discussion tracing the developmental history of Japanese art Seattle University (SU) - Fine Art 120 - Experiencing the Arts (introduction to visual art and art history) - 30 students, four times annually, traditions of visual literacy and contemporary art issues SU - Art 213 and Central Washington University (CWU) - Art 456 - Arts of Asia - 30 students, twice annually, lecture and discussion about South and East Asian art history SU - Art 318 and CWU - Art 455 - Selected Topics in the History of Japanese Art - 20 students, discussion and directed research focused on Japanese art - Topical studies offered to date: Literati Painting, Zen Painting, Ukiyo-e Prints, Netsuke, and Edo Aesthetics SU - Art 319 - Selected Topics in the History of Chinese Art - 20 students, discussion and directed research focused on Chinese art - Topical studies offered to date: Literati Painting, Court Ceramics, and Chan [Zen] Poetry and Painting SU - Art 393 - Contemporary Art in East Asia - 20 Students, student-led discussions and presentations exploring performance, installation, and other non-traditional art created in East Asia since 2000 ORGANIZATIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Member, AAM / ICOM, 2006 - Present Member, Association for Asian Studies, 2006 - Present Member, Association of Art Museum Curators, 2006 - Present Member, College Art Association, 1992 - Present Member, PoNJA-GenKon: 20 th Century Japanese Art Discussion Group, 2004 - Present Member, Japan Art History Forum, 1995 - Present GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS Southeast Asian Collection Survey, 2011 IMLS Conservation Support Grant Carpenter Foundation, 2010 Support for the exhibition Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, Baltimore, 2/2010-6/2010 Exploring Asia, 2009-2010 IMLS Museums for America Grant in support of collections digitization and Asia-related programming University of Washington Art History Department Travel Grant, 1998 Travel expenses to participate in JAWS, Princeton, NJ

Page 6 Marsh Fellowship, 1994-1995 and 1996-1997 In support of Art History coursework at University of Washington Roberts Scholarship, 1995-1996 In support of Art History coursework at University of Washington Blakemore Foundation Grant, 1994 Japanese language study and travel Nordstrom Scholarship, 1992-1994 In support of Art History coursework at University of Washington University of Washington Recruitment Scholarship, 1991-1992 Awarded to a promising graduate student in the first year of study at University of Washington Program for Inter-Institutional Collaboration in Area Studies (PICAS) Scholarship, 1989 Japanese language study at University of Michigan. LANGUAGE SKILLS Native English Speaker Proficient in Japanese Reading knowledge of Mandarin Chinese, German, and Latin