Participant Info

First Name
Lesley
Last Name
Thornton-Cronin
Country
Canada
State
Affiliation
Humber Polytechnic
Website URL
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=CT-VBlMAAAAJ&hl=en
Keywords
Art History, Modern Art, Surrealism, Contemporary Indigenous Art, Kent Monkman, Decolonization, Decolonial Pedagogies, Decolonized Teaching and Learning, Indigenous Art History, Joan Miró, Georges Bataille, Visual Culture, Tattooing, Graffiti, Museum Studies, Truth and Reconciliation.
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PhD
PhD

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About Me

Lesley Thornton-Cronin is the Professor of Aesthetics at Humber Polytechnic. She received her PhD from the University of Glasgow in 2016. Her research involves anti-colonial approaches to surrealism, with an emphasis on contemporary Indigenous artists working on Turtle Island and themes of violence, sexuality, identity, and parody. As an undergraduate educator, she is committed to the decolonized and indigenized teaching and learning of art history and aesthetics. Her areas of teaching expertise include the history of tattooing, totem poles, graffiti, and photography.

Recent Publications

Forthcoming in 2025:

  • Journal article: “The child or the assassin? Breton and Bataille on Miró” (Word and Image).
  • Book chapter: “The Bittersweet Fruits of Success,” Academic Chutes and Ladders.

2024:

  • Conference proceeding: “Decolonial Approaches to Teaching Art History,” The Paris Conference on Arts and Humanities, August 2024.
Media Coverage
Country Focus
Expertise by Geography
North America, Spain, Western Europe
Expertise by Chronology
Modern, 20th century, 21st century
Expertise by Topic
Art & Architectural History, Colonialism, Gender, Genocide, Higher Ed, Indigenous Peoples, Material Culture, Museums, Pedagogy, Politics, Race, Sexual Violence, Women