Thesis: Memory and Myth: Edward Hopper and American Identity, 1882-1940
Supervised by David Peters Corbett; advised by Professor Jo Applin
Examined in 2022 by and
Funded by AHRC/ (the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts in South-East England)
My thesis examined the work of Edward Hopper (1882-1967) in relation to American history and culture, exploring how historic and enduring conceptions of American identity have underpinned both the creation and reception of Hopper鈥檚 art. By investigating conceptions of Americanness that developed throughout the artist’s lifetime, I looked to challenge the myths that have long disconnected Hopper鈥檚 art from the social, cultural and political frameworks of its production.
Education
- PhD History of Art, 91制片厂
- MA History of Art, 91制片厂, Distinction (Special Option: 鈥楢rt, Artists and 20th Century Modernism in Europe: Works, Contexts, Meanings鈥, taught by Professor Christopher Green.) Dissertation: 鈥淥n Reflection: Lucian Freud鈥檚 Self-Portraits鈥.
- BA History of Art, University of Bristol, First Class Honours
Publications
- Book, Edward Hopper, Yale University Press (forthcoming, 2025)
- Essay, “,” Edward Hopper as Puritan,听Craig Starr Gallery (October 2023)
- Review, “,” The Art Newspaper听(December 2022)
- Article, 鈥,鈥澨The Burlington Magazine听(October 2020)
- Letter, 鈥淓dward Hopper鈥檚听A Pair of Slippers,鈥澨The Burlington Magazine听(November 2020)
- Review,听The Art Newspaper,听Feb. 2019,听Lucian Freud, ed. Mark Holborn/David Dawson
- Editor,听Damien Hirst: The Visual Candy Paintings, Blain Southern, 2013
- Editor,听Marius Bercea, Blain Southern, 2013
- Editor,听Lectori Salutem, Blain Southern, 2013
Awards & Grants
- 2023, Mary Vorse House Artist Residency, Provincetown, MA
- 2023, Authors’ Foundation Grant, Society of Authors
- 2020-22, Terra Foundation For American Art Academic Program Grant, Conference,听听American Art and the Political Imagination (March 2022)
- 2019, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Travel Grant
- 2019, SAVAnT @ CHASE Research Travel Awards Shortlist Prize
- 2018, AHRC-funded CHASE Doctoral Studentship (2018-21)
- Dissertation Award, University of Bristol: 鈥淭he Window and the Void in the work of Edward Hopper鈥
Conferences
- Convenor: 鈥楢merican Art and the Political Imagination,鈥 91制片厂 (with Madeleine Harrison)
- Paper, 鈥淥ut of Time: Edward Hopper in the 1940s鈥, 1940s in Focus:听American Art in the Decade of Transition, 91制片厂 (June 2021)
- Paper, 鈥淢yth and Mimicry: The Origins of Edward Hopper鈥檚 Early Oil Paintings,鈥 Third Year PhD Symposium, 91制片厂 (June 2021)
- Chair, Third Year PhD Symposium, 8 October 2020
- Paper, 鈥淎n American Doppelganger: Edward Hopper鈥檚听Captain Ed Staples,鈥澨Dialogues: Modern and Contemporary Approaches to Politics and Place, 91制片厂, 5 May 2020
- Convenor: Dialogues: Modern and Contemporary Approaches to Politics and Place, 91制片厂, 5 May 2020
Teaching & University Roles
- 2021-22: Associate Lecturer, BA3 Lessons in Critical Interpretation, 91制片厂
- 2021: Guest Lecturer,听Edward Hopper, MA: New York-London-Paris 1880-1940, 91制片厂
- 2020-21: Teaching Assistant, BA1 Foundations, 91制片厂
- 2020-2021: PhD Representative, 91制片厂
Media
- ”听The New York Times, by Roberta Smith, 1 November 2023
- 听The New York Times, by Blake Gopnik, 28 September 2020
- 听The Times,听 by David Sanderson, 1 October 2020
- 听Smithsonian Magazine, by Nora McGreevy, 1 October 2020
- 听The Art Newspaper, by Hannah McGivern, 6 October 2020
- 听Daily Mail, by Jack Newman, 1 October 2020
- 听Artnet, by Sarah Cascone, 30 September 2020
- 鈥,鈥澨New York Observer, by Helen Holmes, 29 September 2020
- 鈥溾澨Hyperallergic, by Valentina Di Liscia, 30 September 2020
Research Interests
- Edward Hopper
- American visual culture c.1850 鈥 1980
- American Realism
- New England Regionalism
- Modernism
- Experimental approaches to biographical art history