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Stephanie Kang

Stephanie Kang

Assistant Professor in Art & Art History, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

stephanie.kang@du.edu

http://www.stephaniekang.com

Personal

Shwayder Art Building, 2121 E. Asbury St. Denver, CO 80210

Professional Biography

Stephanie Kang (she/they) is Assistant Professor of Art History and Critical Race & Ethnic Studies at the University of Denver. She specializes in contemporary art with a focus on new media theory, critical race and ethnic studies, and queer theory. She received an MFA in visual art from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in art history from the Ohio State University. She has curated several exhibitions and was previously an assistant curator at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. Some notable exhibitions include Robert O'Neal: Open to All (2023), Cameron Granger: The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Heaven (2022), and I Am Here/You Were There (2022). Her essays have been published or are forthcoming in Media-N, Utopian Studies, Flash Art, Cinephile, Runner Magazine, and the publication An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises (FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art). At the University of Denver, she teaches classes at the intersection of art history and critical race and ethnic studies.

Degree(s)

  • Ph.D., History of Art, The Ohio State University, 2022
  • MA, History of Art, The Ohio State University, 2018
  • MFA, Visual Art, Washington University in St. Louis, 2015
  • BFA, Studio Art, Calvin University, 2013

Featured Publications

Tactics of Virtual Memory and Trans Inscrutability in the Works of Wu Tsang. (2024). Tactics of Virtual Memory and Trans Inscrutability in the Works of Wu Tsang. Media-N: Journal of the New Media Caucus, 20(1), 49-66.

Presentations

The New Idol-ogy: Subverting Historical Memory in Jiwon Choi's Parallel. (2025). The New Idol-ogy: Subverting Historical Memory in Jiwon Choi's Parallel. Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference. Columbus, OH.
The Politics of the Archive: Reimagining the Histories of the Asian Diaspora. (2025). The Politics of the Archive: Reimagining the Histories of the Asian Diaspora. College Art Association Annual Conference. New York, NY.
The Words We Teach: Highlighting Local Queer Histories through Community Engagement. (2024). The Words We Teach: Highlighting Local Queer Histories through Community Engagement. Southeastern College Art Conference. Atlanta, GA.