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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Eyes Open in the Dark, Brittany A. Forrest

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Contemporary Painting: Autopoietic Improvisation and a Relational Ecology, Philip James Gurrey

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How can I be OK with the e/and of the world?, Jessica I. Joyce

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Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be), Hannah M. West

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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sweeping the forest floor of frequencies, Maria A. Kouznetsova

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Achy Awfulness, Rylee J. Rumble

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Nonstop Digital Flickerings;, Sam Wagter

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Credulous Escapism, Brianne C. Casey

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At Dusk, Michelle Paterok

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Marvelous Monsters, Thomas Bourque

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On Ground, Matthew Brown

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Pharmakon: From Body to Being, Jérôme Y. C. Conquy

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The Other Neighbour of El Otro Lado, Anahi Gonzalez Teran

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Neoliberalism, Institutionalism, and Art, Declan Hoy

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Strings of Sound and Sense: Towards a Feminine Sonic, Ellen N. Moffat

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Cyber Souls and Second Selves, Yas Nikpour Khoshgrudi

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The No No-Exit Closet: An Alternative to No-Exit Pathways, Faith I. Patrick

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Fleet: Nuances of Time and Ephemera, Rebecca Sutherland

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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The Hell of a Boiling Red, George Kubresli

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still, unfolding, Ramolen Mencero Laruan

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Spanning, Mary Katherine Carder-Thompson

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The Medieval Genesis of a Mythology of Painting, Colin Dorward

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Philosophical Archeology in Theoretical and Artistic Practice, Ido Govrin

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Bone Meal, Johnathan Onyschuk

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Inventory, Lydia Elvira Santia

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Collaborative Listening and Cultural Difference in Contemporary Art, Santiago Ulises Unda Lara

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Absence and Proximity, Zhizi Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Then Again, Maybe I Won't, Claire Bartleman

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and where is the body?, Tyler Durbano

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Next to a River: Mobility, Mapping, and Hand Embroidery, Sharmistha Kar

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Interfaces of Nearness: Documentary Photography and the Representation of Technology, Mark Kasumovic

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Buffer, Graham Macaulay

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The English Landscapes in the Seventeenth Century, Helen Parkinson

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SuperNova: Performing Race, Hybridity and Expanding the Geographical Imagination, Raheleh Saneie

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Slower Than Time Itself, Matthew S. Trueman

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Skim, Joy Wong

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Gardening at Arm's Length, Paul Chartrand

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Lesser Than Greater Than Equal To: The Art Design Paradox, Charles Lee Franklin Harris

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Skin Portraiture: Embodied Representations in Contemporary Art, Heidi Kellett

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Midheaven, Samantha R. Noseworthy

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Drum Voice, Quinn J. Smallboy

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Beyond the Look of Representation: Defamiliarization, Décor, and the Latin Feel, Juanita Lee Garcia

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Emphatic Tension, Mina Moosavipour

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Symbiotic: The Human Body and Constructs of Nature, Simone Sciascetti

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Thin Skin, Jason Stovall

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On Coming and Going, Quintin Teszeri

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Crowdsourcing, Sherry A. Czekus

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From Dust to Dust, Lynette M. de Montreuil

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Hand-Eye, Michael S. Pszczonak

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Abstraction And Libidinal Nationalism In The Works Of John Boyle And Diana Thorneycroft, Matthew Purvis

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Tangled Hair: Uncertain Fluid Identity, Niloufar Salimi

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Liminal Space: Representations Of Modern Urbanity, Matthew Tarini

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Creative Interventions and Urban Revitalization, Nicole C. Borland

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What Lies Behind: Speculations on the Real and the Willful, Barbara Hobot

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Turning to see otherwise, Jennifer L. Martin

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Come Together: An Exploration of Contemporary Participatory Art Practices, Karly A. McIntosh

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A Photographic Ontology: Being Haunted Within The Blue Hour And Expanding Field, Colin E. Miner

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Matters of Airing, Tegan Moore

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Liquidation, Amanda A. Oppedisano

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Just As It Should Be: Painting and the Discipline of Everyday Life, Jared R. Peters

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Clyfford Still in the 1930s: The Formative Years of a Leading Abstract Expressionist, Emma Richan

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From 'Means to Ends': Labour As Art Practice, Gabriella Solti

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Across Boundaries, Diana A. Yoo

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Following the Turn: Mapping as Material Art Practice, Kyla Christine Brown

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Queer(ing) Politics and Practices: Contemporary Art in Homonationalist Times, Cierra A. Webster

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Some Theoretical Models for a Critical Art Practice, Giles Whitaker

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Lines of Necessity, Thea A. Yabut

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Out of Order: Thinking Through Robin Collyer, Discontent and Affirmation (1973-1985), Kevin A. Rodgers