Katryn Evinson, Art Historian

Katryn Evinson holds a Ph.D. in Latin American and Iberian Studies and Comparative Literature from Columbia University (2023) and begins a postdoctoral fellowship in the fall, also at Columbia University. Her dissertation, The Spirit of Sabotage: Contemporary Art and Political Imagination in Post-Industrial Spain, is a study of artistic interventions that react—deploying sabotage tactics—to the role that the promotion of contemporary art will play in Spain’s economic transition toward neoliberalism. Her publications have appeared in boundary2, The Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies, Chasqui, and LA Review of Books, among others. She teaches on a variety of topics including contemporary Iberian art and literature, feminism, social movements, rural Spain and cultural production, and others. In addition to her research and teaching activities, she is a board member of the Asociación de Literatura y Cine Españoles siglo XXI (ALCESXXI), an editorial assistant for the Revista Hispánica Moderna, a member of the editorial board of Re-visiones, and is currently co-developing a podcast on the question of the rural in the Iberian Peninsula that will be made public soon. Before moving to the US, Katryn spent six years in the international education industry and was the Experiential Learning Coordinator and Service Learning instructor for a study abroad program in Barcelona where she developed a network for college students to volunteer with local organizations. When she’s not deep down into her research and writing, or developing new college courses, Katryn enjoys spending time with her family and friends, going to exhibitions and concerts, running, and watching experimental films.