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Elizabeth Otto

Elizabeth Otto

Art historian (born 1970)


Elizabeth Otto (born 1970) is an American art historian known for her feminist work on the Bauhaus. She is a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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Biography

Born in 1970, Otto has a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.A. from Queen's University at Kingston.[1] In 2003 she received her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Michigan.[2]

Otto is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the State University of New York at Buffalo[1] From 2013–2019, she was the Executive Director of the University at Buffalo's Humanities Institute.[2] Otto is the author of the books Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics (2019)[3][4] and Tempo, Tempo! The Bauhaus Photomontages of Marianne Brandt (2005).[5] With Patrick Rössler, she co-authored Bauhaus Women: A Global Perspective.[6][7]

Otto has received fellowships from the National Humanities Center,[8] the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art,[9] the Getty Research Institute,[10] and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.[11]


References

  1. "Faculty: Elizabeth Otto". Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies. University at Buffalo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. "A Conversation with Alumna Elizabeth Otto". Department of the History of Art. University of Michigan. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. Reviews of Haunted Bauhaus:
  4. Reisz, Matthew (3 October 2019). "Books interview: Elizabeth Otto". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. Reviews of Tempo, Tempo!:
  6. Reviews of Bauhaus Women:
  7. "Queer Bauhaus with Libby Otto". Penn History of Art. University of Pennsylvania. 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  8. "National Humanities Center Names Fellows for 2017-18". National Humanities Center. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  9. "Getty - All Past Themes and Scholars" (PDF). Getty Research Institute. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  10. "Fellows and Scholars: Dr. Elizabeth Otto". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2022. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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