María Beatriz H. Carrión

María Beatriz H. Carrión is an art historian of modern and contemporary art of the Americas who specializes on issues of racial representation, colonialism, and ecocriticism in the region’s photographic history. Dr. Carrión’s research examines the intersection of Indigenous representation and modern visuality at the turn of the twentieth century, considering how the use of projected images contributed to colonial projects in the U.S. and Latin America and how these images reflect Indigenous visual agency. Additional areas of research interest include the history of Tejano photography and the visual culture of Panama during the French and American construction of the interoceanic canal.

Prior to joining Penn State, Dr. Carrión served as Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and held positions at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Rijksmuseum, Baruch College, the Morgan Library and Museum, The James Gallery, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Dr. Carrión’s research has been supported by the Terra, Mellon, and Phelps de Cisneros Foundations, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, the Huntington Library and Museum, and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies.

• Ph.D. in Art History, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
• M.Phil. in Art History, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
• M.A. in Art History, Tulane University
• B.A. in Liberal Arts, Universidad San Francisco de Quito