Visual Arts Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Visual Arts, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Eyes Open in the Dark, Brittany A. Forrest
Contemporary Painting: Autopoietic Improvisation and a Relational Ecology, Philip James Gurrey
How can I be OK with the e/and of the world?, Jessica I. Joyce
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), Hannah M. West
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
sweeping the forest floor of frequencies, Maria A. Kouznetsova
Achy Awfulness, Rylee J. Rumble
Nonstop Digital Flickerings;, Sam Wagter
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Credulous Escapism, Brianne C. Casey
At Dusk, Michelle Paterok
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Marvelous Monsters, Thomas Bourque
On Ground, Matthew Brown
Pharmakon: From Body to Being, Jérôme Y. C. Conquy
The Other Neighbour of El Otro Lado, Anahi Gonzalez Teran
Neoliberalism, Institutionalism, and Art, Declan Hoy
Strings of Sound and Sense: Towards a Feminine Sonic, Ellen N. Moffat
Cyber Souls and Second Selves, Yas Nikpour Khoshgrudi
The No No-Exit Closet: An Alternative to No-Exit Pathways, Faith I. Patrick
Fleet: Nuances of Time and Ephemera, Rebecca Sutherland
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Hell of a Boiling Red, George Kubresli
still, unfolding, Ramolen Mencero Laruan
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Spanning, Mary Katherine Carder-Thompson
The Medieval Genesis of a Mythology of Painting, Colin Dorward
Philosophical Archeology in Theoretical and Artistic Practice, Ido Govrin
Bone Meal, Johnathan Onyschuk
Inventory, Lydia Elvira Santia
Collaborative Listening and Cultural Difference in Contemporary Art, Santiago Ulises Unda Lara
Absence and Proximity, Zhizi Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Then Again, Maybe I Won't, Claire Bartleman
and where is the body?, Tyler Durbano
Next to a River: Mobility, Mapping, and Hand Embroidery, Sharmistha Kar
Interfaces of Nearness: Documentary Photography and the Representation of Technology, Mark Kasumovic
Buffer, Graham Macaulay
The English Landscapes in the Seventeenth Century, Helen Parkinson
SuperNova: Performing Race, Hybridity and Expanding the Geographical Imagination, Raheleh Saneie
Slower Than Time Itself, Matthew S. Trueman
Skim, Joy Wong
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Gardening at Arm's Length, Paul Chartrand
Lesser Than Greater Than Equal To: The Art Design Paradox, Charles Lee Franklin Harris
Skin Portraiture: Embodied Representations in Contemporary Art, Heidi Kellett
Midheaven, Samantha R. Noseworthy
Drum Voice, Quinn J. Smallboy
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Beyond the Look of Representation: Defamiliarization, Décor, and the Latin Feel, Juanita Lee Garcia
Emphatic Tension, Mina Moosavipour
Symbiotic: The Human Body and Constructs of Nature, Simone Sciascetti
Thin Skin, Jason Stovall
On Coming and Going, Quintin Teszeri
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Crowdsourcing, Sherry A. Czekus
From Dust to Dust, Lynette M. de Montreuil
Hand-Eye, Michael S. Pszczonak
Abstraction And Libidinal Nationalism In The Works Of John Boyle And Diana Thorneycroft, Matthew Purvis
Tangled Hair: Uncertain Fluid Identity, Niloufar Salimi
Liminal Space: Representations Of Modern Urbanity, Matthew Tarini
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Creative Interventions and Urban Revitalization, Nicole C. Borland
What Lies Behind: Speculations on the Real and the Willful, Barbara Hobot
Turning to see otherwise, Jennifer L. Martin
Come Together: An Exploration of Contemporary Participatory Art Practices, Karly A. McIntosh
A Photographic Ontology: Being Haunted Within The Blue Hour And Expanding Field, Colin E. Miner
Matters of Airing, Tegan Moore
Liquidation, Amanda A. Oppedisano
Just As It Should Be: Painting and the Discipline of Everyday Life, Jared R. Peters
Clyfford Still in the 1930s: The Formative Years of a Leading Abstract Expressionist, Emma Richan
From 'Means to Ends': Labour As Art Practice, Gabriella Solti
Across Boundaries, Diana A. Yoo
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Following the Turn: Mapping as Material Art Practice, Kyla Christine Brown
Queer(ing) Politics and Practices: Contemporary Art in Homonationalist Times, Cierra A. Webster
Some Theoretical Models for a Critical Art Practice, Giles Whitaker
Lines of Necessity, Thea A. Yabut
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Out of Order: Thinking Through Robin Collyer, Discontent and Affirmation (1973-1985), Kevin A. Rodgers