Specialization:
Areas of Concentration: Early Modern Iberian World (17th century sculpture)
Faculty Advisor: María Lumbreras
M.A. Thesis: "A 'Delicate Decapitation': Luisa Roldán's Head of Saint of Saint John the Baptist and Head of Saint Paul" (Williams College at the Clark Art Institute, 2024)
Bio:
María Minuesa Sicilia is a Ph.D. student in the Department of History of Art & Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is interested in Early Modern Spanish sculpture, particularly on issues of materiality, affect, and aesthetics of horror. Her research explores the space these sculptures occupy between art and object and their role within missionizing agendas in the colonial context.
She holds a B.A from Colby College in French and Art History as well as an M.A in Art History from Williams College with a focus on 17th Century Spanish Art. She has a background in museums, working as a Research Assistant at the MFA Boston and as a Curatorial Fellow at the Goya Research Center in the Hispanic Society.