Education
| Doctor of Philosophy
2018 – 2022 (expected) |
Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Major Field: European Art 1860-1960 Minor Field: American Art 1865-1941 |
| Master of Arts
2016-2018 |
Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Qualifying papers: “Theater of Death: Sarah Bernhardt’s Morbid Photograph and Belle Époque Consumerism” and “Fluid Mediums: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Early Watercolors” |
| Bachelor of Arts
2010-2014 |
French, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Senior Thesis: “La Vie Surréelle de Baya” |
Professional Experience
| April 2019 | Curator of “Mutating Bodies, Transgressing Boundaries”
A temporary solo-exhibition for Saint Louis-based artist Bryan Page (https://www.bryanpagefineart.com/) at the Stone Spiral Coffee and Curios, April 5-12, 2019 |
| January 2019 – Current | Regular contributor for www.theartblog.org |
| Winter 2018 | Curator of CONSENT/DISSENT
A pop-up exhibition of work by local artists at Foam, a café and bar located in Saint Louis, December 8-18, 2018 |
| Fall 2018 | Founder of [ALT+SPACE] Curatorial Collective https://altspacepopup.wixsite.com/altspace |
| Spring 2018 | Gallery talk and research on the lithograph, Femmes d’Alger (1955), by Pablo Picasso, Postwar Prints and Multiples: Investigating the Collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum |
| Spring 2018 | Curator of PORK RIND GOES TO TOWN
A solo-exhibition of work by artist Mitchell Oliver, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate Student Art History Symposium, More Than Sustenance: Food in Art, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis |
| Fall 2015 | Curatorial and Editorial Intern, The Luminary, Saint Louis, MO |
| Summer 2015 | Curatorial Intern, Modern and Contemporary Art, Saint Louis Art Museum |
Publications
| Summer 2019 | “Satire, Art, and Activism: Coco Fusco’s ‘Tin Man’ Plays on American Politics.” The Art Blog (June 20, 2019): https://www.theartblog.org/2019/06/satire-art-and-activism-coco-fuscos-tin-man-plays-on-american-politics/ |
| Spring 2019 | “Why Are These Here? Antony Gormley’s ‘STAND’, Public Art, and the American Art Museum.” The Art Blog (April 23, 2019): https://www.theartblog.org/2019/04/why-are-these-here-antony-gormleys-stand-public-art-and-the-american-art-museum/ |
| Spring 2019 | “Rachel Lebo and the Sociology of Architecture.” All the Art: The Visual Art Quarterly of Saint Louis (March 2019): 17-18. |
| Winter 2018 | “What Black is and Can Be.” Human Ties (February 18, 2019): https://humanities.wustl.edu/features/murphy-mccoy-afro-surrealism-what-black-and-can-be |
| Winter 2018 | “CrocoDykes Bite Back: Janie Stamm at Granite City Art and Design District.” Temporary Art Review (Winter 2018): http://temporaryartreview.com/crocodykes-bite-back-janie-stamm-at-granite-city-art-and-design-district/ |
| Winter 2018 | “[ALT+SPACE]: Alternative Spaces in the Arts.” All the Art: The Visual Art Quarterly of Saint Louis (Winter 2018): 15-16. |
| Spring 2018 | “Pablo Picasso, Femmes d’Alger, Lithography, 1955.”
Permanent collection text for the exhibition Postwar Prints and Multiples: Investigating the Collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum: http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/collection/explore/artwork/1938 |
| Fall 2017 | “Collaborating Art Institutions.” All the Art: The Visual Art Quarterly of Saint Louis (Summer 2017): 21-22. |
Research Conferences
| March 2019 | “Bryan Page’s Mutated Bodies: Transgressing Physical and Conceptual Boundaries,” Graduate Research Symposium, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri |
| April 2018 | “Healing Through Integrative Hybridity in Kader Attia’s Reason’s Oxymorons,” Midwest Art History Society, Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| October 2017 | “A Theater of Death: Sarah Bernhardt’s Morbid Photographs and Belle Époque Consumerism,” Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Department of Art History, Rice University |
| May 2014 | “La Vie Surréelle de Baya,” Student Research Conference, Truman State University |
| January 2014 | “The Sabine Women: (R)evolution of Women in Art,” Women’s and Gender Research Conference, Truman State University |
| May 2013 | “The Women of Jacques-Louis David,” Student Research Conference, Truman State University |
Awards
| Spring 2019 | Department of Art History and Archaeology Pollard-Stein Teaching Award
Annual award given to the teaching assistant who has considered most meaningfully to gateway courses in the Department |
| Spring 2019 | Travel Grant, Summer Research in France, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis
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| Spring 2019 | First Place – Outstanding Poster and Presentation in the Arts and Humanities category
Graduate Research Symposium, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri |
| Fall 2018 | Small Change Grant, Civic Engagement Fund, Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement
Supplemental funding for the event “Afro-Surrealism/Futurism: Radical Black Imagination” planned for Spring 2019 |
| Summer 2018 | Travel Grant, Summer Research in France, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis
Dissertation research at the Archives Nationales d’Outre Mer in Aix-en-Provence (two weeks) and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, France (one week) |
| Spring 2018 | Travel Grant, Conference Presentation at Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference (Indianapolis), Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis |
| Fall 2018 | Travel Grant, Conference Presentation at Rice University, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis |
| 2016-2022 | University Full Tuition Scholarship, Washington University in Saint Louis |
| 2011-2014 | President’s Honorary Scholarship, Truman State University |
| 2013 | Donna Crawford Study Abroad Scholarship, Truman State University |
| 2010 | Xavier Merit Scholarship, Xavier University |
Pedagogical Experience
| Summer 2019 | Accessibility Liaison, Visual Resource Center, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
I created my role as accessibility liaison to function as an intermediary between our Visual Resource Center, Disability Resource Center, and Teaching Center to research accessible teaching practices and implement them in my home department. The project will culminate in a complete transformation of the department’s largest course, a workshop on Universal Design, and a blog post for the teaching center that will be disseminated University-wide. |
| 2017 – Current | Section Leader (Teaching Assistant), Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Spring 2019: Introduction to Modern Art, Architecture, and Design Fall 2018: Introduction to Western Art, Architecture, and Design Spring 2018: Introduction to Modern Art, Architecture, and Design Fall 2017: Introduction to Western Art, Architecture, and Design |
| 2014 – 2015 | English Language Assistant, Lycée Jacques Feyder, Académie de Créteil, Paris, France |
| 2013 – 2014 | Writing Consultant, Truman Writing Center, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO |
Departmental Service
| Spring 2019 | University Policy and Practice Affecting Students with Disabilities Committee, Washington University in Saint Louis |
| 2018-2019 | Chair, Art History Student Lecture Committee, Afro-Surrealism/Futurism: Radical Black Imagination, Washington University in Saint Louis
A moderated dialogue featuring Saint Louis Artist Damon Davis, Bay Area writer and curator D. Scot Miller, and Rebecca Wanzo, Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in Saint Louis. Dialogue prefaced by a screening of the documentary Whose Streets, Washington University in Saint Louis |
| 2018-2019 | Senator, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Graduate Student Senate, Washington University in Saint Louis |
| 2018-2019 | Peer Mentor, Department of Art History and Archaeology, The Graduate School, Washington University in Saint Louis |
| 2017-2018 | Committee member for the Graduate Student Art History Symposium, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in Saint Louis
More Than Sustenance: Food in Art – https://sites.wustl.edu/gsahs18/ |
Languages
| French | Fluent (reading, writing, speaking) |
| German | Reading Proficiency |
| Arabic | Beginner |
Affiliations
| 2018-2019 | College Art Association |
| 2016-2019 | Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art |
| 2018-2019 | Midwest Art History Society |
Certifications
| 2018-2021 | Mental Health First Aid USA, National Council for Behavioral Health
Training to provide initial help to people experiencing problems such as depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, and substance use disorders |
