CV

Curriculum Vitae of Alexander Kusztyk, last updated 12 November 2024

Education

  • St John's College, University of Cambridge
    • PhD, History of Art (in progress)
    • Supervisor: Dr Frank E. Salmon
  • St John's College, University of Cambridge
    • MPhil, History of Art and Architecture, July 2018
    • Supervisor: Dr Frank E. Salmon
    • University of California, Berkeley
      • B.A., History of Art (High Honors), May 2016
      • University of California Education Abroad - "Rome Through the Ages", Spring 2015
      • Supervisor: Professor Todd P. Olson
    • Saddleback College
      • A.A., Fine and Applied Arts (Magna Cum Laude), 2014

    Academic and Teaching Experience

    • University of Cambridge
      • Convener of the Rickman (Architectural History) Society, 2021-2022
    • University of Cambridge
      • Invigilator for examinations held in St John's College, Easter 2022
    • Department of Art, University of Cambridge
      • Revision Supervisor for Part IIB "Display of Art" Undergraduate Course, Easter 2022
        • Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge
          • Supervisor for Part IIB "Display of Art: Politics of Display" (Modern and Contemporary Global Art) Undergraduate Course, Lent 2022
          • Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge
            • Supervisor for Part IIB "Display of Art: From the Treasury to the Public Museum" (Medieval through early twentieth-century European Art) Undergraduate Course, Michaelmas 2019 and 2021
          • University of California, Berkeley
            • Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program with Professor Todd P. Olson: "Survivals among the Visual Cultures of the Early Modern Trans-Atlantic World", Fall 2015-Spring 2016

          Publications

          • "Matsuzawa Yutaka's Early Mandalas: 1-to-9, 9-1, and 1-through-9", Cambridge Journal of Visual Culture, issue 3 (2024), pp. 142-149
          • "Looking For... Anthony Barnett's 'Natural Music' and Yoko Ono & John Lennon's 'Cambridge 1969'", Cambridge Journal of Visual Culture, issue 2 (2023), pp. 122-125
          • "The 'Marbelous' Movement: 1871-1922 Victorian England" in Historical Narratives of Global Modern Art, edited by Clare Kunny and Irina Costache, London and New York: Routledge, 2023, pp. 56-67
          • "'Covered with Thick Marble': Uncovering Yoko Ono's Marble Works from 1961 to 1966", Source: Notes in the History of Art, vol. 41, no. 3 (Spring 2022), pp. 220-229
          • "'In-within-inner-non-un-insane-crazed': The 'Insound' and 'Instructure' of Yoko Ono's Grapefruit 'Room Pieces'", Cambridge Journal of Visual Culture, issue 1 (2022), pp. 74-78
          • "Nicolas Poussin's Hunt of Meleager and Atalanta and the Spanish Court of King Philip IV", Artibus et Historiae no. 83, XLII (2021), pp. 205-214

          Lectures in Symposia

          • St John's College, University of Cambridge
            • "Marble in Modern and Contemporary Art: de-classicized, de-colonized, de-materialized", St John's College Graduate Research Symposium, organized by Matthew Coulter, 2022
          • St John's College, University of Cambridge
            • "Yoko Ono's Marble (1961-1966)", St John's College Graduate Research Symposium, organized by Zala Sekne, 2021
          • St John's College, University of Cambridge
            • "The Stones of the Mediterranean: Victorian Materiality and Material Hierarchy", St John's College Graduate Research Symposium, organized by Matthew Seah, 2020
            • Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
              • "The Stones of the South: Ruskinian Aesthetics for 'Classical' Marble", Conference on "Order‽ Art, Classicism, and Discourse from 1755 to Today", organized by Kirstie Gregory and Dr Melissa Gustin, 2019
            • The Society for Court Studies, Paul Mellon Centre, London
              • "A Theatre in Paint: Nicolas Poussin's Hunt of Meleager and Atalanta", Conference on "Performance, Royalty and the Court, 1500-1800", chaired by Dr Janet Dickinson, organized by Dr Janet Dickinson and Dr Jacqueline Riding, 2019
            • University of Cambridge
              • "The Nude Man and the Sea: Homer, Handel and Sebastiano Ricci's Bacchus and Ariadne", Early Modern Interdisciplinary Seminar: Graduate Symposium on "Discipline/Disciplines in the Early Modern World", organized by Frances Hughes, Christa Lundberg and Alice Blow, 2019
            • St John's College, University of Cambridge
              • "Sebastiano Ricci's Bacchus and Ariadne and the Burlington House Grand Staircase", St John's College Graduate Research Symposium, organized by David McCay, 2019
            • University of Cambridge
              • "A Classical Construction of King and Empire: Nicolas Poussin's Hunt of Meleager and Atalanta", Conference on "Monarchy and Modernity since 1500", chaired by Dr David Starkey, organized by Dr Carolina Armenteros, 2019
            • St John's College, University of Cambridge
              • "Rediscovering the Statues Within Lord Burlington's Ionic Temple", St John's College Graduate Research Symposium, organized by Edoardo Ponti, 2018
            • Saddleback College, Mission Viejo
              • "Omnipresent Deities Represented in Western and Eastern Art", Irvine Valley College/Saddleback College Student Research Symposium, organized by Dr Kay Ryals and Dr Alannah Rosenberg, 2013
            • Irvine Valley College, Irvine
              • "Violence in the World of Competitive Sports", Irvine Valley College Student Research Symposium, organized by Dr Kay Ryals, 2012

            Symposia Chaired

            • St John's College, University of Cambridge
              • St John's College Graduate Research Symposium, Session Chair, 2019

            Grants and Project Funds

            • Travel Grant, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, 2023
            • Tenth Term Funding Grant, St John's College, University of Cambridge, 2022
            • Learning and Research Fund, St John's College, University of Cambridge, 2018-2019, 2022
            • JFL Travel Fund, St John's College, University of Cambridge, 2022
            • Praeter Grant, St John's College, University of Cambridge, 2020
            • Annual Fund, St John's College, University of Cambridge, 2019
              • Architectural model depicting the First Court of St John's College as it appeared in the sixteenth century
            • Parsons Fund, St John's College, University of Cambridge, 2018 and 2019


            Academic and Professional Service

            • Peer reviewer, Source: Notes in the History of Art (Chicago University Press), since 2024

            Art Exhibitions and Awards

            • St John's College Student Art and Photography Competition, Cambridge, England, 2023
              • Highly Commended, Digital Film
            • "A Glass of Wine" screened at Text-ure, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea, 12-30 July 2023
            • "Hetty Film" screened at MORING FRESH, curated by Natalie Petrosky, The Gardener of Bath, Akron, Ohio, 15 April 2023
            • "Crowd Piece" exhibited in Make Me Wanna Holler, curated by Candace Nicholson, Gallery Aferro, Newark, New Jersey, 7 October 2022 - 21 January 2023
            • "Sky Piece" and "Climbing Piece" exhibited in What Is Art, curated by Cosmin Constantin, Boomer Gallery, London, England, 7-12 October 2022
            • St John's College Student Art and Photography Competition, Cambridge, England, 2022
              • 1st Place, Black and White Photography
              • 1st Place, Digital Film
              • Highly Commended, Digital Art

            University Sports

            • St John's College Athletics Club, 2021-2023
              • College Captain, 2021-2022
              • College Champions (Men's and Overall), Cambridge University Cuppers, 2022
            • Cambridge University Athletics Club, 2021-2022
              • Selected for the 75th Freshers' Varsity Match (Cambridge vs. Oxford), Michaelmas 2021
                • Competed in the 200m, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay
            • Cambridge University Real Tennis Club, 2021-2022
              • Champion, Cambridge University Student Cup Tournament, Michaelmas 2021
              • Runner-up, 70 Category Tournament, Lent 2022

            Work Experience

            • Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, California
              • Interpretive Tour Guide, 29 August 2024-present
            • Laguna Art-A-Fair, Laguna Beach, California
              • Art Sales Cashier and Ticket Seller, Summer 2024