Laura Stowell (she/her/hers)

PhD Candidate, Art History

lstowell@uw.edu

Fields of Interest

• 20th Century
• 21st Century
• Art History
• Contemporary
• Critical Theory
• Feminist Theory
• Performance Art
• Sculpture
• Social Practice

Background and Experience

Summary

Education

MA, Contemporary Art, Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York, 2015

BA, Art History, Seattle University, 2014

• Recipient of a Presidential Dissertation Fellowship, 2021-2022
• Recipient of a Howard P. Dallas Endowed Fellowship, 2020-2021
• Nominee for an Excellence in Teaching Award, 2020
• Participant in the 2019 Summer Institute for Technical Studies in Art (SITSA) at Harvard Art Museums.
• Recipient of a Julaine Martin Endowed Scholarship in the Arts, 2019-2020
• Worked with Associate Professor Marek Wieczorek to co-lead the Art History in the Netherlands study abroad program during the summers of 2017, 2018, and 2019, teaching courses on contemporary art.
• Recipient of a Milnora Roberts Scholarship, 2018-2019
• Graduate Curatorial Assistant at the Henry Art Gallery during 2017–2018.
• Wikipedia Fellow at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery during 2017–2018.
• Selected by the Division of Art History to receive a 2018 de Cillia Teaching with Excellence Award.

Research + Creative Work

Selected Publications + Projects

• Laura Stowell. "Alina Szapocznikow: Between Dreams and Daily Work." PhD Dissertation, University of Washington, in progress. (In progress)
  Adviser: Adair Rounthwaite, Adviser: Marek Wieczorek
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Courses Taught

Spring 2021

• ART H 381 A: Art Since World War II

Spring 2018

• ART H 209 AA: Themes and Topics in Art History: Art Now
• ART H 209 AB: Themes and Topics in Art History: Art Now
• ART H 209 AC: Themes and Topics in Art History: Art Now
• ART H 209 AD: Themes and Topics in Art History: Art Now

Additional Courses

Winter 2021

• ART H 203 A: Survey of Western Art-Modern (teaching assistant)

Autumn 2020

• ART H 270 A: Art/Identity/Politics: Issues of Representations in Contemporary Art (teaching assistant)

Autumn 2019

• ART H 270 A: Art/Identity/Politics: Issues of Representations in Contemporary Art (writing TA)

Related News

Related News

• 2020–2021 Scholarships Oct 3, 2020
• Art History Grad Student Activities Sep 30, 2019
• 2019–2020 Scholarships Sep 28, 2019
• Art History at CAA Jan 12, 2019
• 2018–2019 Scholarships Sep 24, 2018
• Graduation + Teaching Awards Jun 14, 2018