Dr AMY BRYZGEL

Dr AMY BRYZGEL The University of Aberdeen School of Divinity, History & Philosophy Lecturer work +44 (0)1224 272852 pref a.bryzgel@abdn.ac.uk pref History of Art School of Divinity, History and Philosophy CB001 50-52 College Bounds, Aberdeen AB24 3DS

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Biography

Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Aberdeen (2012)

PhD, Art History, Rutgers University (2008)

MA, Art History, The University of South Carolina

BA, Art History, Boston University

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Research Interests

My area of specialization is contemporary art from Eastern Europe and Russia from the second half of the 20^th century. For the past several years, my research has been focused on performance artists in Russia, Latvia and Poland from the late communist and early post-communist periods (roughly 1980 to the present). My approach is mainly socio-historical, and I am interested in expanding our understanding of the genre of Performance Art in light of this artistic production from the "East."

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Current Research

I am currently working on a monograph that will present a comprehensive history and analysis of performance art in Central and Eastern Europe. My most recent book, Performing the East: Performance Art in Russia, Latvia and Poland since 1980, is forthcoming with IB Tauris (2013). I have also just completed a monograph on Latvian painter and performance artist Miervaldis Polis, entitled Painting as Performance (Neputns).

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Research Grants

2012                Royal Society of Edinburgh Small Research Grant

2012                Carnegie Trust Research Grant

2012                Royal Society of Edinburgh Bilateral Exchange Grant to the Slovak Academy of Sciences

2012                Royal Society of Edinburgh Bilateral Exchange Grant to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2011                Latvian State Culture Capital Fund grant to support the writing of a monograph on Latvian artist Miervaldis Polis

2011                Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies Research Grant for Emerging Scholars

2011                Royal Society of Edinburgh Bilateral Exchange Grant to the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

2010                Carnegie Trust Illustration Grant

2010                British Academy Small Research Grant

2009                Carnegie Trust Research Grant

2009                British Academy Overseas Conference Travel Grant

2007-2008       Rutgers University Mary Bartlet Cowdrey Dissertation Fellowship (partial award)

2005-2006       Rutgers University Dodge Graduate Assistantship 

2005                The Kosciuszko Foundation Graduate Study and Research Grant for research in Poland

2004-2005       J. William Fulbright Award for independent research in Latvia

2004                American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Language Training Grant for study in Latvia

2004                Rutgers University Mary Bartlet Cowdrey Dissertation Grant

2002-2004       Rutgers University Dodge Graduate Assistantship 

1995-1997       Graduate Assistantship, University of South Carolina Department of Art History

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Teaching Responsibilities

HA3092/3592 From the Wanderers to Glasnost: Russian Art 1863-1986

HA3071/3571 From Campbell's Soup to Cremaster: Postmodern Art

HA4061/4361 Performance Art East and West

 

Team-taught courses:

HA1506 Modern and Contemporary Art (Course Coordinator)

HA2005 Making Masterpieces: Ten Works in Context

HA4057 Critical Perspectives in Art History

HA5013 Research Methods for Art Historians

 

I also welcome approaches from prospective doctoral students interested in topics on modern and contemporary Eastern European Art.

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Admin Responsibilities

Undergraduate Non-Honours Advisor of Studies

Library Representative for History of Art

Elected member of University Senate (2012-2016)

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Poster Exhibition Project

As part of the assessment for HA3074: From Gulag to Glasnost: Modern Russian Art, students create a poster advertising the University of Aberdeen utilising the style and approach evident in Soviet avant-garde posters. Then, they create an exhibition of those posters that is put on display at the University. This is an article from the Evening Express featuring the poster exhibition that took place in 2011-2012.

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Publications

Contributions to Journals

Articles

• Bryzgel, A. (2009). 'Kozyra and Controversy/Cultural Norms and the Catholic Church'. Atlantica, no. 49-50, pp. 62-85.
• Bryzgel, A. (2008). 'Truth and Trompe L’œil'. Makslas Vesture un Teorija, vol 11, pp. 34-45.
• Bryzgel, A. (2006). 'Books on Latvian Art Become more Available'. Latvians Online.
• Bryzgel, A. (2005). 'Sign and Symbol in Afrika's Crimania'. PART: Journal of the CUNY PhD Program in Art History, vol 11.
• Bryzgel, A. (2005). 'Art History Develops as a Genre in Latvia'. Latvians Online.

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings

Chapters

• Bryzgel, A. (2010). 'The Bronze Man and the Homeless Man: Performance Art in Latvia Then and Now'. D Smith & David Galbreath (eds), in: From Recognition to Restoration: Latvia's History as a Nation-State. On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, & Moral Imagination in the Baltics, vol. 25, Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 133-157.
• Bryzgel, A. (2006). 'Contemporary Art of Latvia'. R Butler (ed.), in: Contemporary Art of Latvia: Waiting, War, Inflammation & Pomegranates. nonphatpress.
• Bryzgel, A. (2004). 'Cultivating Meaning: Arsen Savadov and Georgii Senchenko's Gardens Old and New'. P Dennis Cate (general Editor (ed.), in: Zimmerli Journal. No. 2, fall 2004. New Brunswick, N.J. : Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, pp. 118-121.
• Bryzgel, A. (2003). 'Fantasy and Figuration: Selected Works on Paper from the Dodge Collection'. P Dennis Cate (general Editor); Jane A. Sharp (part 1 Editor) (ed.), in: Zimmerli Journal. No. 1, fall 2003. New Brunswick, N.J. : Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, pp. 28-37.

Books and Reports

Books

• Bryzgel, A. 'Performing the East: Performance Art in Russia, Latvia and Poland since 1980'. I.B. Tauris.

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