Threads of Subversion in Romanian Textile Art of the Ceau葯escu Era 1965-1989
Supervised by Dr Klara Kemp-Welch
Funded by AHRC/
Education
PhD Candidate, 91自拍 (2023- present)
MA History of Art, University College London (2018-2019)
BA History of Art, University College London (2015-2018)
Conferences/ Lectures
2026
鈥淔abric of the Nation: Craft Aesthetics and Collectivity at Romania鈥檚 Communist Textile Enterprises,鈥 on panel 鈥淭extiles East: Industrial Fabric Design as Socialist Art鈥, sponsored by SHERA, Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Annual Convention, Chicago. 12-15 November.
Body Languages, Consortium for the Humanities & the Arts South-East England (CHASE) Encounters Conference. 91自拍, London. 5 June.
91自拍 Third Year PhD Symposium, Conference co-organized with Alison Braybrooks. 91自拍, London. 30 April – 1 May.
鈥楨very Fiber of Our Being: Textile Traditions, Ethnonationalism, and Exclusion鈥, Panel. Association for Art History (AAH) Annual Conference. University of Cambridge. 8-10 April.
鈥淏eehives and Bobbins: Manifestations of the Feminine Imaginarium within the Romanian Textile Industry of the Communist Period,鈥 on panel 鈥淢odern Women and Textile Politics鈥, 114th College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference, Chicago. 18-21 February.
2025听
鈥淢aterial Girls: Artisanal Knowledge as Dissidence among the Female Fibre Artists of the Ceau葯escu Epoch,鈥 on panel 鈥淎bstraction, Artisanal Knowledge and Craft Epistemologies鈥, Association for Art History (AAH) Annual Conference. University of York. April 9-11.
鈥楾apestry and Fiber Art: An Overview of Global and Local Contexts鈥, Lecture. National University of Arts, Bucharest. March 25.听
鈥淐rafting Subversion: Intermediality and Artisanal Knowledge Among the Female Fiber Artists of the Ceau葯escu Regime,鈥 on panel 鈥淭extiles I: Tradition and Subversion鈥, Feminist Art History Conference. American University, Washington D.C.. 26-28 September.
Professional Experience
Curator of European Decorative Arts, National Museum of Art of Romania (Bucharest)
Research Interests
- Tapestry and fiber art
- Intermediality
- Nationalist ideology and cultural politics
- Vernacular textiles and traditional craftwork
- Cold War politics
- Eastern European art
- Industrial textiles