I study the history and theory of modernism from impressionism to the present. My research asks how modern art shapes identity. Informed by my interest in critical theory, I treat identity as an ongoing process, not a fixed position, exploring how we come to identify as the people who we are in relation to others and social institutions.
My first book, Painting with Monet, is forthcoming from Princeton University Press.
Ongoing Projects
Book-length studies of:
- An environmental history of the impressionists' Seine.
- How post-war American artists (Maya Deren, Louise Nevelson, Betye Saar) drew on Gothic literature to forge a feminist modernism.
And article-length treatments of:
- Racial politics in post-war American criticism.
- Race and Resemblance in Lorraine O'Grady's Miscegenated Family Album (1994).
- Sherrie Levine's critique of Renoir
Areas of Focus:
- French Impressionism
- 20th Century American Abstraction
- Modernist Criticism
- Critical Theory and Aesthetics
Education:
- PhD. Harvard, History of Art and Architecture, 2021
- BA. University of Chicago, Fundamentals: Issues and Texts, 2013