Kency Cornejo
Assistant Professor Kency Cornejo received an appointment in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of New Mexico in 2014. She is a scholar of contemporary and modern Latin American art history, with emphasis on Central America and its diaspora. She offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate art history courses. Dr. Cornejo’s teaching and research interests focus on a wide range of topics, including: art and politics, decoloniality, femicide, immigration, prisons, captivity, transnationalism, gangs, and indigenous rights and epistemologies. Currently, Cornejo is working on her first book manuscript based on her dissertation, Visual Disobedience: The Geopolitics of Experimental Art in Central America, 1990-Present, which critically analyzes twenty-five years of contemporary art in post-war Central America.
Education
- PhD in Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University (2014)
- MA in Latin American Art History, University of Texas, Austin (2007)
- BA in Art History, University of California, Los Angeles (2005)
Research Areas
- Modern And Contemporary Art
- Race, Gender, (De)coloniality
- Femicide
- Immigration
- Prisons
- Indigenous Rights And Epistemologies
Country Specialization(s)
- Central America
Latin American Studies Courses
- ARTH 429/529 Experimental Art & Politics in Latin America, Post-1968
- ARTH 582 Decoloniality and Art
- ARTH 429 /583 Curatorial Practices: Exh Ltam & Lat Art
- ARTH 582 Contemporary Art of Central America and its Diaspora
- ARTH 429/529 Modern Latin American Art
- ARTH 429/529 Decoloniality, Indigeneity, and Art in Latin America
*Latin America-related courses offered during the past three years*
