MacKenzie
Moon
School of Art & Art History
T: (352) 392-0201
E: mmoon21@ufl.edu
Address:
College of Fine Arts
University of Florida
PO Box 115801
101 FAC
Gainesville FL 32611
Research Interests:
East Africa, kanga, textiles, contemporary art
Research Biography:
MacKenzie Moon’s dissertation research is focused on the kanga, a colorful and graphic factory-produced, machine-printed textile worn by women as wrap garments throughout East Africa and beyond. Ms. Moon is currently researching the history of this textile, the product of local tastes and international ties. She is interested in the kanga’s communicative and expressive role within society, as well as their contemporary uses and transformations.
Degrees:
2008 – present: pursuing Doctorate of Philosophy: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
African Art History, Modern & Contemporary Art History, African Studies
2008: Master of Arts: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Contemporary African Art History
Thesis - Apt Appropriations: Contemporary African Artists’ Utilization of Canonical Western Art
2006: Bachelor of Arts: Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
Double major in Art History and History; Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Key Professional Appointments:
2009: Instructor, Department of Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Introduction to Art: The Artistic Experience
2007-2008:Teaching Assistant, Department of Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Introduction to the Principles and History of Art: Renaissance to the Present
Introduction to the Principles and History of Art: Ancient to Middle Ages
Introduction to Art: The Artistic Experience
2006: Assistant Curator, Curtis Galleries, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Presentations:
2009: Curatorial Intern, A Sense of Place: African Interiors
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art; Gainesville, Florida
2007: Co-Curator, Homage in Miniature: The Works of Kofi Cole
University of Florida; Gainesville, Florida
2007: Curatorial Intern, African Art of Healing and Divination
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art; Gainesville, Florida
2006: Exhibition Coordinator, Icons of Perfection: Figurative Sculpture from Africa
Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
2005: Co-curator, Paradoxes
Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UK
SelectedWorks:
“Global Africa: Through the Lens of Visual Culture, Fourteenth Triennial Symposium on African Art,” with
Eugenia S. Martinez, Courtnay Micots, and Amy Schwartzott, African Arts 41:1 (2008): 8-11
“Resonance and Inspiration: New Works by Magdalene Odundo,” with Robin Poynor, African Arts 40:2
(2007): 86-87.
Homage in Miniature: The Works of Kofi Cole, with Eugenia S. Martinez. Exhibition brochure, 2007.
Icons of Perfection: Figurative Sculpture from Africa, editor. St. Paul, MN: Hamline University Press,
2006.
Grants:
2008: Travel Grant: Office of the Vice President for Research and College of Fine Arts, University of
Florida - Travel to Boston University Africanist Graduate Conference
2007: Travel Grant: Office of the Vice President for Research and College of Fine Arts, University of
Florida - Travel to University of California at Riverside Graduate Conference
2007: Travel Grant: Center for African Studies, University of Florida
Travel to the Annual African Studies Association Meeting in New York City
Awards:
2009: Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Center for African Studies, University of Florida
Summer 2009 and Academic Year 2009-2010
2008: Alumni Graduate Fellowship, School of Art and Art History University of Florida
Academic Years 2008-2009 & 2010-2013
2006: E. Robert Langley Scholarship for internship at Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of
Florida
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