Aaron Katzeman

Aaron Katzeman is an Assistant Professor of History of Art at The Ohio State University, specializing in global contemporary art and visual culture. His work critically examines the intersection of U.S. settler colonialism, imperialism, nationalism, and environmental politics.

• Education: Ph.D. in Visual Studies (2024) and M.A. in Visual Studies (2020) from UC Irvine; B.A. in Art History (2018) from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

His current book project, Land, Art, Liberation: Visual Culture of Agrarian Movements after Decolonization, analyzes art and film from Indigenous, peasant, and anticolonial movements since the 1960s. Recent publications focus on Hawaiian sovereignty, abolitionist aesthetics, and ecological art practices, including peer-reviewed articles in Radical History Review, Third Text, and Pacific Arts.

As Assistant Curator for Transformative Currents: Art and Action in the Pacific Ocean (2024–25), he explores art-science intersections. His academic work has been supported by the Getty Research Institute, Rachel Carson Center, and UCHRI. Awards include the Landhaus Predoctoral Fellowship (2022).

Katzeman has taught at Pitzer College, California State University, San Bernardino, and UC Irvine. He co-organized panels at CAA, AAG, and ASAP conferences, addressing agrarian movements, U.S. militarism geographies, and edge-based ecological societies. His art practice, Hillside Slides, engages land ethics and counter-institutional methods.