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Myroslava Mudrak
Professor, Department of History of Art
Areas of Expertise
• Russian and Soviet avant-garde
• History of Ukrainian art from Byzantium to the present
• East European modernism
• Modern art between the two world wars
• Socialist Realism and art under totalitarianism
Recipient of the OSU Alumnae Distinguished Teaching Award (1998), Professor
Mudrak has devoted her scholarly interests to the study of art in East
Central Europe, Ukraine, and Russia. Dr. Mudrak concentrates mostly on
the modernist period of the early twentieth century. Her seminal work,
New Generation and Artistic Modernism in Ukraine (1986), was awarded the
Kovaliw Prize for Ukrainian Studies. Her publications include articles
on Ukrainian Dada and Dissidence, Propaganda Pavilions, the Ukrainian
Studio of Plastic Arts in Prague, Panfuturism, Constructivism, and Collections
of Russian Art. An active participant at professional meetings, Mudrak
has given papers on topics as diverse as Photomontage in East European
Art, the Semiotics of Suprematism in Slovenian Contemporary Art, and Boichukism
and the Neo-Byzantine School of Modern Painting.
Education
• PhD, University of Texas at Austin
• MA, Columbia University
• BA, Case Western Reserve University |
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