Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse

Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse is an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Washington, Director of the Bill Holm Center for Northwest Native Art, and Curator of Northwest Native Art at the Burke Museum. She holds an adjunct role in American Indian Studies. Her work bridges art history, Indigenous studies, and museum curation, focusing on decolonizing methodologies and revitalizing Indigenous cultural practices.

Education: PhD (2007), MA (1998), and BA (1993) in Art History from the University of Washington and Middlebury College.

Research interests include Indigenous art historiography, Pacific Northwest cultural heritage, and collaborative curation. Her book *Unsettling Native Art Histories on the Northwest Coast* (2020) re-centers Indigenous perspectives in art analysis. Current projects involve digitizing Franz Boas’s 1930 Kwakiutl recordings with community collaboration.

Key grants include NEH-Mellon and Henry Luce Foundation awards for digital humanities and museum initiatives. She has curated major exhibitions like *Here & Now: Native Artists Inspired* (2014) and co-led the Burke Museum’s Northwest Native Art Gallery (2019).

Awards include the Canada Prize in Humanities and Melva J. Dwyer Award. Her work emphasizes ethical collaboration with Indigenous communities in research and exhibition practices.