Dr. María Carrión

Biography

María Beatriz H. Carrión is an art historian specializing in modern and contemporary art of the Americas. Her research focuses on issues of racial representation, colonialism, and ecocriticism in the region's photographic history. Carrión's work examines the intersection of Indigenous representation and modern visuality in the turn of the twentieth century, particularly how projected images contributed to colonial projects in the U.S. and Latin America and reflect Indigenous visual agency. She is also interested in the history of Tejano photography and the visual culture surrounding the Panama French-American construction of the interoceanic canal. Before joining Penn State, Carrión served as Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and held positions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Rijksmuseum, Baruch College, Morgan Library and Museum, James Gallery, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Her research has been supported by various foundations, including Terra, Mellon, Phelps de Cisneros, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, and the Huntington Library and Museum.

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