Rhea Anastas is an art historian and critic. B.A. and M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York. From 2001-2008 she taught art history at The Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture, Bard College. She was co-founder of the cooperatively organized Orchard on New York's Lower East Side (2005-2008) where she curated exhibitions and programs. She has co-edited the books Dan Graham: Works 1965-2000 (2001) and (with Michael Brenson), Witness to Her Art: Art and Writings by Adrian Piper, Mona Hatoum, Cady Noland, Jenny Holzer, Kara Walker, Daniela Rossell and Eau de Cologne (2006). Recent articles include "The Artist Is a Currency," with Gregg Bordowitz, Andrea Fraser, Jutta Koether, and Glenn Ligon, Grey Room 24 (Summer 2006); "A Rendezvous Under the Counter: On David Joselit and Gareth James at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York," Texte zur Kunst no. 65 (March 2006); "Her Kindling Voice: The Artist Interview According to Louise Lawler," Texte zur Kunst no. 67 (September 2007). Forthcoming: She has contributed an essay to the publication for the 2009 retrospective exhibition Dan Graham: Beyond, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. She is working on a book about Andrea Fraser's Unititled (2003).