PhD in Art History
Alexandra Schoolman
Alexandra is a fourth-year PhD candidate specializing in Latin American art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Her research interests include conceptualism, marxism, avant-gardism, and social practice, particularly as they address the intersection of human and environmental rights. Her dissertation “Groundwork: Alternative Pathways, Networks, and Sites of Resistance in Conceptualist Art from the Brazilian, Argentine, and Chilean Dictatorships, 1964-1990” reevaluates conceptualist, political art from the dictatorial periods of Argentina, Brazil and Chile through decolonial and ecocritical lenses. She has presented her research at symposia and conferences, including the College Art Association, the Southeastern College Art Conference, the Clark Graduate Symposium, the Association for Latin American Art Triennial, and the Latin American Studies Association Congress. Her research has been supported by grants, including the Marcia Hall Research Award and the Tyler School of Art and Architecture Dean’s Travel Support Grant. Prior to matriculating she was the Exhibitions Manager of Latin American art gallery, Henrique Faria, New York. She has curated exhibitions in New York, Miami, and Mexico City and is currently a curatorial assistant for the exhibition Transgresoras: Mail Art & Messages, 1960s-2020s, which will open at the UC Riverside Museum of Photography in 2025.
MA: University of Glasgow 2012, awarded with distinction
Master’s Thesis: “I Can’t Explain and I Won’t Even Try: Memory and Historical Legacy in the Work of Young Latin American Artists” 2012
BA: Brandeis University 2010, magna cum laude
Advisor: Mariola Alvarez, PhD