Claudia Grego March

Claudia Grego March is a Researcher in the Department of History of Art & Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her work bridges 20th century European and Latin American art, focusing on political and artistic networks between Spain and Latin America during the Francoist dictatorship (1960-1975). She examines cultural geopolitics, activisms, and popular culture in postwar art.

• Education: B.A. in Literary Studies (University of Barcelona), M1 in Theory of Literature (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris), and Master’s in Art History (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2017).

Research Themes include political art, cultural resistance, and transatlantic dialogues in modern art. Her recent publications explore Antoni Tàpies’s Catalan identity, Antonio Saura’s symbolic monsters, and Informalism’s transcontinental influence.

Scientific Awards

• La Caixa Postgraduate Fellowships Abroad (2023)
• Graduate Humanities Research Fellowship (UCSB, 2022)
• Albert & Elaine Borchard European Studies Fellowship (2021)
• Humanities & Social Sciences Research Grant (UCSB, 2021)
• Margaret Mallory Fellowship (UCSB, 2017)
• Institute for Studies on Latin American Art Scholar in Residence (2022)

Advisory & Collaborative Networks: Advised by Laurie Monahan, with committee members from UCSB and UCSD in Germanic and Slavic Studies, Film and Media Studies, and History. She collaborates with institutions like ISLAA and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.