John D. Spiak is the Director/Chief Curator of California State University Fullerton’s Grand Central Art Center (GCAC), Santa Ana. His curatorial emphasis is on contemporary art and society, with a focus on works in socially engaged practices and video. Through the GCAC Artist-in-Residence initiative, GCAC hosts national and international artists as they develop projects, including Paul Ramirez Jonas, Adriana Salazar, Carmen Papalia, Daniel Tucker, Lisa Bielawa, and currently artists Yumi Janairo Roth and Chris Kallmyer. Prior to his appointment at GCAC, he was Curator at the Arizona State University Art Museum, joining that staff in 1994. Spiak founded the ASUAM Short Film and Video Festival and was acting curator in charge of the ASU Art Museum residency series Social Studies, originating project by Julianne Swartz and Ken Landauer, Jillian McDonald, Josh Green, Gregory Sale, and Jennifer Nelson. Through solo exhibitions, he has worked directly with artists Pipilotti Rist, Shirin Neshat, Brent Green, Tony de los Reyes, Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle, and Adam Chodzko. His projects have received support from The British Council, Polish Cultural Institute, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), (MAP) Fund, and four grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.