Shelley DeMaria

Shelley DeMaria is a Ph.D. student in the RASC/a: Rhetorics of Art, Space, and Culture program in art history at SMU. She received her M.A. in art history from Hunter College, CUNY and her B.A. in both art history and Spanish from SMU. Prior to doctoral study, DeMaria worked in the curatorial departments of various museums. She was the curatorial assistant at SMU’s Meadows Museum from 2011 to 2021, and has also held curatorial research appointments at Dallas Museum of Art (2021); Heckscher Museum of Art (2021); and Bruce Museum (2022–2023). DeMaria’s research interests include land-based art and art practices, with an ecological focus on artists whose work explores the interconnection of nature and society.