I am an interdisciplinary scholar with a background in political and cultural sociology, as well as art history. My research focuses on artistic creation under constraint and the intricate relationship between politics and aesthetics. I completed my PhD in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh in 2024, with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. My dissertation examined the work of contemporary dissident Cuban artists, exploring how aesthetic experiences provide insights into subjective and moral realms beyond the political framework of the Cuban Revolution. This research highlights the unique insights offered by aesthetic encounters, distinct from those gained through artistic activism.

My interests include performance art, diasporic aesthetics, dissident art, and transnational artistic movements, particularly within postcolonial and feminist contexts in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the post-Cold War era. I am also keen on experimenting with phenomenological approaches to art analysis.

Teaching: 

Modern and Contemporary Art of the Black Atlantic

The Aesthetics and politics of Contemporary Art