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Art & Art History Department

Department Leadership

Annette de Stecher
Annette de Stecher
Assistant Professor, Critical Museology, Visual Arts of America • Associate Chair for Art History
Art History
Kim Dickey
Kim Dickey
Professor • Associate Chair for Arts Practices
Ceramics
Graham Oddie
Graham Oddie
Chair, Department of Art & Art History

Art History Faculty

Albert Alhadeff
Albert Alhadeff
Associate Professor • 19th & 20th Century European Art History
Art History
Kirk Ambrose
Kirk Ambrose
Professor, Art History • Late Antique & Medieval Art • Founding Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
Art History
Brianne Cohen
Brianne Cohen
Assistant Professor, Contemporary Art
Art History
James Cordova
James Córdova
Associate Professor of Art History, Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America
Art History
Annette de Stecher
Annette de Stecher
Assistant Professor, Critical Museology, Visual Arts of America • Associate Chair for Art History
Art History
Bob Nauman
Robert Nauman
Teaching Professor of Distinction • Modern Art & Architectural History
Art History
cam nelson
crystal am nelson
Assistant Professor of African Diasporic/Visual Studies
Art History
Stephanie Su
Stephanie Su
Assistant Professor • History of Asian Art
Art History

Art Practices Faculty

Mark Amerika
Mark Amerika
Professor of Distinction • Founding Director, Doctoral Program in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance • Digital Arts
Scott Chamberlin
Scott Chamberlin
Professor
Ceramics
Albert Chong
Albert Chong
Professor
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Matt Christie
Matt Christie
Instructor
Printmaking
Kim Dickey
Kim Dickey
Professor • Associate Chair for Arts Practices
Ceramics
alvin gregorio
Alvin Gregorio
Associate Professor
Painting & Drawing
Marina Kassianidou
Marina Kassianidou
Assistant Professor
Painting & Drawing
Jeanne Liotta
Jeanne Liotta
Associate Professor, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts • Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, Film
Filmmaking
Megan O'Grady
Megan O'Grady
Assistant Professor, Critical and Curatorial Studies
Jeanne Quinn
Jeanne Quinn
Professor
Ceramics
yumi roth
Yumi Janairo Roth
Professor
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Martha Russo
Martha Russo
Lecturer
richard saxton
Richard Saxton
Associate Professor
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
hanna rose shell
Hanna Rose Shell
Associate Professor • Critical & Curatorial Studies, Art Practices • Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts • Director of the Stan Brakhage Center for the Media Arts • Faculty Affiliate in History • Faculty Affiliate in Intermedia Art, Writing and Performance (IAWP)
Alex Sweetman
Alex Sweetman
Associate Professor • Photography
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Anna Tsouhlarakis
Anna Tsouhlarakis
Assistant Professor
Foundations
Luis Valdovino
Luis Valdovino
Professor • Video
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Melanie Walker
Melanie Walker
Associate Professor • Photography
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Mike Womack
Mike Womack
Associate Professor
Painting & Drawing
Melanie Yazzie
Melanie Yazzie
Professor
Printmaking

Emeritus Faculty

Marilyn R. Brown
Marilyn R. Brown
Professor Emerita
Claire Farago
Claire Farago
Professor Emerita
Deborah Haynes
Deborah Haynes
Professor Emerita
Jerry Kunkel
Jerry Kunkel
Professor Emeritus
George Rivera
George Rivera
Professor Emeritus
C.Maxx Stevens
C.Maxx Stevens
Professor Emerita

Faculty News

A multimedia installation, titled Dioramas for Tanjong Rimau, by Zarina Muhammad, Joel Tan and Zachary Chan that was featured as part of Brianne Cohen's research.

AAUW awards grants, fellowships to four CU Boulder scholars

The funding will allow the scholars to pursue projects related to artists documenting ecological devastation in Southeast Asia and geopolitics in Iran, as well as for career development. Brianne Cohen, the recipient of the American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship, who researches art history and criticism. AAUW awarded Cohen funds for her project, titled: The Emphatic Lens: Contemporary Art, Ecology and Kinship in Southeast Asia. Read more
Tyler Wilde installs the final letter on the marquee of the Cody Theater as part of the "We Are Coming" display Wednes Sept. 21, 2022. Stephen Dow

'We are coming' highlights Filipinos in the American West

Professors’ conceptual art shines spotlight on those who existed at the margins of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West shows Read more
cam nelson

Art scholar wants to make CU Boulder stand out in African diasporic studies

For cam nelson, a new assistant professor of art history at the University of Colorado Boulder who is comfortable with both she/her and they/them pronouns, it’s important that their work, rather than their persona, take center stage. Read more
Albert Chong, Winged Evocations, 1998 (detail), bronze masks, steel armatures, pinecone-embellished suits, rawhide, duck feathers, gearmotors, and motion sensors; installation view, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, commissioned and produced by Oberlin College. Photo: © John Seyfried, courtesy the artist

Receptacles of Memory

Lara Mashayekh speaks with artist Albert Chong and scholar Marci Kwon about the role of the archive and mysticism, their lived experiences as professionals in the art world, and their forthcoming endeavors. Read more
Glenn Ligon’s “Rückenfigur” (2009), one of the artist’s trademark neon sculptures. Collection of Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ICA Boston. © Glenn Ligon. Courtesy of the artist; Hauser & Wirth, New York; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Thomas Dane Gallery, London; and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris

Glenn Ligon, article written by Megan O'Grady

"For over 30 years, the artist has been making work that speaks to American history — ambiguous, open-ended, existentially observant. At a time in which the fundamentals of fact and fiction are being questioned, his art captures the truth of a culture in decline." Written by Megan O'Grady, Assistant Professor of Critical and Curatorial Studies for the New York Times Style Magazine. Read more
A rally, organized in part by Decolonize This Place, outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2019.Credit...Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

The Artists Bringing Activism Into and Beyond Gallery Spaces

At a time when the basic power structures of the art world are being questioned, collectives and individuals are fighting against the very institutions funding and displaying their work. Article written by Megan O'Grady, Assistant Professor of Critical and Curatorial Studies. Read more
Art & Art History Faculty News Archive

Staff

Portrait of Evan Blackstock
Evan Blackstock
Metal Shop & CNC Lab Coordinator
Portrait of Michelle Erks
Michelle Erks
Office Manager
Portrait of Jean Goldstein
Jean Goldstein
Administrative Assistant
Katie Larson
Katie Larson
Graduate Program Coordinator
Sarah Matsuda
Sarah Matsuda
Advisor • Art & Art History; Film Advisor
Elaine Paul
Elaine Paul
Director, VRC
Lia Pileggi
Lia Pileggi
Digital Imaging and Technology Coordinator, VRC
William Rumley holding a guitar
William Rumley
Shop Supervisor • Building Proctor
Jason Sanford
Jason Sanford
Painting, Drawing, and Digital Studio Technician
Rick Seydel
Rick Seydel
Advisor • Art & Art History; Classics; Humanities; Philosophy Advisor
Kirsten Stoltz
Kirsten Stoltz
Visiting Artists & Scholars Program, Coordinator
Portrait of Mishung Suh
Misuhng Suh
Ceramics, Foundations, Sculpture Lab Coordinator
Thomas Yi
Thomas Yi
IMAP Coordinator • Print Lab Manager

Current Graduate Students

Brianna Autin
Brianna Autin
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Ana González Barragán
Ana González Barragán
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Laura Benson
Laura Benson
Painting & Drawing
Emily Berkes
Emily Berkes
Art History
Kat Bertram
Kat Bertram
Art History
Joseph Benjamin Burney
Joseph Benjamin Burney
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Andrea Caretto
Andrea Caretto
Painting & Drawing
Andy DiLallo
Andy DiLallo
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Dennis Doyle
Dennis Doyle
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Kristin Enright
Kristin Enright
Ph.D. Arts of the Americas
Art History
Noa Fodrie
Noa Fodrie
Painting & Drawing
Anna Graef
Anna Graef
Ceramics
Abigail Grix
A.C. Grix
Ceramics
Sierra Grove
Sierra Grove
Filmmaking
Samira Hemmet
Samira Hemmat
Painting & Drawing
Lauren Hooten
Lauren Hooten
Ph.D. Arts of the Americas
Art History
Katheryn Horne
Katheryn Horne
Printmaking
Mattelyn Hough
Mattelyn Hough
Art History
Erin Hyunhee Kang
Erin Hyunhee Kang
Painting & Drawing
Marcella Marsella
Marcella Marsella
Painting & Drawing
Cory McKague
Cory McKague
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Asa Mease
Asa Mease
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Owen Moon
Owen Moon
Ceramics
Aunna Moriarty
Aunna Moriarty
Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices (IMAP)
Andi Newberry
Andi Newberry
Printmaking
Cody Norton
Cody Norton
Sculpture & Post-Studio Practice
Lexi Peterson
Lexi Peterson
Art History
Madeline Plumley
Madeline Plumley
Filmmaking
Nicky Pope
Nicky Pope
Filmmaking
Hannah Purvis
Hannah Purvis
Painting & Drawing
Eileen Roscina
Eileen Roscina Richardson
Filmmaking
Alejandra Saldivar
Alejandra Saldivar
Filmmaking
Shawn Simmons
Shawn Simmons
Art History
Natalie Thedford
Natalie Thedford
Ceramics
Dani Wasserman
Dani Wasserman
Filmmaking
Elisa Wolcott
Elisa Wolcott
Ceramics
Ryze Xu
Ryze Xu
Ceramics

Post-Baccalaureate Students

Rob Balsewich
Rob Balsewich
Post-Baccalaureate Student
Painting & Drawing
Madison Warp
Madison Warp
Post-Baccalaureate Student
Painting & Drawing
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