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Young Joon Kwak

Education:

B.F.A, Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; M.A., Humanities, University of Chicago; M.F.A, Art, University of Southern California

Dissertation:

Resistance Pleasure

Thesis Advisor:

A.L. Steiner, Professor of Art and Design, University of Southern California

Research Topic:

creative strategies of trans embodiment, masking, and camouflage in sculpture

Mentor:

Jennifer Doyle, Professor of English, University of California, Riverside and Anna Betbeze, Professor of Art, University of California, Riverside

Current Position:

President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Art, University of California, Riverside

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