Dr. Sally Hickson

Biography

Sally Hickson is an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Guelph, where she specializes in the study of women’s friendship networks within Renaissance visual culture and the role of women as patrons in the art world. Her research critically examines the representations of gender identity throughout early modern visual material culture. Hickson is the author of "Women, Art, and Architectural Patronage in Renaissance Mantua: Matrons, Mystics, and Monasteries" (Ashgate, 2012), and she has contributed to various journals and anthologies including "Renaissance Studies" and "Renaissance & Reformation." Her notable awards include the H.P. Krauss Fellowship at the Beinecke Library, Yale University, and the Natalie Zemon Davis Award from the journal Renaissance Reformation. She served as President of the Universities Art Association of Canada from 2010 to 2013 and as Director of the School of Fine Art & Music at the University of Guelph from 2014 to 2019, also participating as a member of the university's Board of Governors from 2015 to 2018.

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