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Dr. Edyta Frelik is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of American Studies, Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. Her academic career spans research and teaching in American art history, visual culture, and interdisciplinary intersections between literature and visual arts. She holds a PhD in Humanities (UMCS, 2013) and has been recognized with prestigious awards including the Terra Foundation Award (2013) and Georgia O’Keeffe Museum nomination (2018).
Her research focuses on:
- Modernist artists' intellectual engagements
- Interactions between textual and visual media
- Anti-intellectualism in American art and culture
- Gender dynamics in avant-garde practice
- Relationships between science/technology and artistic expression
Recent publications highlight her expertise in artists like Georgia O’Keeffe, Ad Reinhardt, and Frank Lloyd Wright, with thematic clusters in:
- American cultural identity formation
- Artistic self-representation strategies
- Transatlantic modernist dialogues
- Architectural language theory
- Visual epistemology
- Post-historical cultural analysis
Scientific recognitions include:
- 2013: Terra Foundation Award for Best Essay by International Scholar
- 2018: Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Book Prize Nomination
- 2022: NCN MINIATURA 5 Grant
Dr. Frelik has organized international conferences like Wordstruck (2015) and actively participates in academic exchanges across Europe and North America.
