Grabner is the Crown Family Professor of Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she has taught for twenty years. Grabner co-curated the 2014 Whitney Biennial and the 2016 Portland Biennial. As artistic director for FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial of Contemporary Art, Grabner is in the process of overseeing over 60 artists who willl be exhibiting in institutions and public spaces throughout North East Ohio. FRONT runs July 14 – September 30, 2018. A distinguished artist in her own right, Grabner’s work has been featured in recent exhibitions at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, and the James Cohan Gallery in New York.