Focused on Modernism as the conceptual turning point in contemporary popular opinions about art, tracking the perceived importance of realism in figural representation in the early twentieth century.

My focus is on representations of gender, class and race/ethnicity during the Spanish Colonial period, as well as how the present-day repercussions of these cultural constructs are depicted in contemporary Latin American art.

My interests are twentieth century art, citizenship, and the politics of identity.  

My research explores the construction of place and communal identity in ancient and early modern Latin America through various media, including: pictorial manuscripts, architecture, and personal adornment.