Carnegie Mellon University has announced that artist and educator Charlie White will be the new head of its School of Art. Currently a professor at the University of Southern California’s Roski School of Art and Design, White has worked in academia for thirteen years. He had also served as director of the Roski School’s Master of Fine Arts program for four years, from 2007 through 2011.

An internationally exhibiting photographer and filmmaker, White has had solo shows at LACMA, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Connecticut, Domus Artium in Spain, and Oslo Kunstforening in Norway. He has participated in numerous group shows including the 2011 Singapore Biennial, the Hammer Museum’s “Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from LA,” and the Guggenheim Musuem’s “Art in America Now.” In 2009, White’s film, titled American Minor, 2008, screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

“Charlie brings to the School of Art a demonstrated commitment to fostering creative expression and experimentation across all genres of art,” dean of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Fine Arts Dan Martin said. “He is a firm believer in art as a crucial part of our lives and culture, and while at the University of Southern California he furthered that belief through the development of new platforms for growth, change and diversity.” White will succeed John Carson who will continue to work at the college as a professor.