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Huey Copeland is the Andrew W. Mellon Chair and Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on African/Diasporic, American, and European art from the late 18th century to the present, centering blackness and intersections of race, gender, and aesthetics through a black feminist lens. He teaches courses such as 'Visual Study after Intersectionality' and has advised dissertations on topics like Chinese art and Francophone Caribbean visual culture.
- Ph.D., History of Art, UC Berkeley (2006)
- M.A., History of Art, UC Berkeley (2000)
- B.A., History of Art & Comparative Literature, University of Michigan (1998)
His research explores biases in art historiography, the entanglement of cultural production with slavery, and the materiality of racialized representation. His recent publications include Bound to Appear: Art, Slavery, and the Site of Blackness in Multicultural America (2013) and co-edited volumes like Black Modernisms in the Transatlantic World (2023).
He has co-curated exhibitions such as Interstellar Low Ways and organized academic events like the 'Afro-Pessimist Aesthetics' conference. His awards include the David C. Driskell Prize (2019) and a Mellon Professorship at the National Gallery of Art (2020–2022).
