Kaylee Moua Nok

Masters program

Areas of interest: Modern and Contemporary Art, with a focus on Feminist and Diasporic Approaches.

I am pursuing my Master’s Degree here at the Institute after earning my BA in Art Practice from Stanford University. I’ve found that as I deconstruct art history, I’m finding tools to untangle my own history as a second-generation Hmong-Cambodian-American—and vice versa. My scholarship engages with the complex history of Asian America, with a focus on modern works during the time of and after the American Vietnam War. It is through revisiting traditional practices and exploring new ways of thinking that I am able to reconcile Southeast Asia’s tumultuous past and envision a hopeful diasporic future.

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