"Research Fellow Expands MICA's Global Research"
MICA: "MICA's Office of Research is committed to advancing art and design scholarship by engaging students and faculty in project-based research experiences. This past academic year, the College was able to host two leading international scholars-one from Bangalore and the other from Poland-who helped further that mission. Both scholars came to MICA to further research their doctoral dissertations. The College provided mentorship to the scholars as they conducted their research, while the scholars engaged with the MICA community through guest lectures and as guest faculty in studio and art history classes. "Hosting research fellows at MICA expands the dialogue about creative practice and research, and broadens our sense of an academic community through meaningful and productive relationships with those from other countries and cultures," Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies Gwynne Keathley said. The first to join MICA was Unni "UK" Krishnan Karrikat, who began his tenure at the College in November 2012 as MICA's first Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral and Professional Research Fellow. Karikkat is a PhD candidate in the Department of History of Art and Aesthetics at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. He came to MICA to work closely with MICA's Center for Race and Culture (CRC), an interactive center that researches and investigates the relationship between race, culture, and visual art traditions.
"MICA is
incubating not just artistic leadership, but right-brain, abstract thinkers who
are going to be crucial to solving global issues," said Leslie
King-Hammond, PhD, founding director of the CRC and graduate
dean emerita.
Karikkat, whose main interest is the comparative study of popular culture and iconic imagery in the United States and India, applied to work at MICA because of its excellent reputation and the unique combination of art history, the humanities, and practice-based disciplines that the College provides. CRC turned out to be the perfect location for him to further strengthen his methodology in the study of visual and popular culture for his dissertation.
Before coming to MICA, Karrikat had won more than 50 prizes, awards, scholarships, and titles in local, regional, national, and international art competitions. After receiving his master's degree, he worked as an illustrator and cartoonist, as well as an artist, strategist, and research scholar. Apart from being an activist, Karrikat has also volunteered with several nonprofit organizations to help people affected by natural disasters in India.
During his tenure at the College, Karrikat represented MICA at world-renowned institutions, including University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, both in the United Kingdom, where he was invited to present the research he completed at MICA. The response to the presentation of his research paper, titledPeace, Identity, and Religion of South India: Mother Goddess of the Nation and Her Beloved Daughters, was overwhelmingly positive."
"It was a pleasure for me to represent MICA on an international research platform," Karrikat said. "The kind of hospitality I received from MICA and the ability to explore and research were fabulous. The amount of projects, discussions, and research productivity in such a small amount of time was unbelievable."
Karikkat, whose main interest is the comparative study of popular culture and iconic imagery in the United States and India, applied to work at MICA because of its excellent reputation and the unique combination of art history, the humanities, and practice-based disciplines that the College provides. CRC turned out to be the perfect location for him to further strengthen his methodology in the study of visual and popular culture for his dissertation.
Before coming to MICA, Karrikat had won more than 50 prizes, awards, scholarships, and titles in local, regional, national, and international art competitions. After receiving his master's degree, he worked as an illustrator and cartoonist, as well as an artist, strategist, and research scholar. Apart from being an activist, Karrikat has also volunteered with several nonprofit organizations to help people affected by natural disasters in India.
During his tenure at the College, Karrikat represented MICA at world-renowned institutions, including University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, both in the United Kingdom, where he was invited to present the research he completed at MICA. The response to the presentation of his research paper, titledPeace, Identity, and Religion of South India: Mother Goddess of the Nation and Her Beloved Daughters, was overwhelmingly positive."
"It was a pleasure for me to represent MICA on an international research platform," Karrikat said. "The kind of hospitality I received from MICA and the ability to explore and research were fabulous. The amount of projects, discussions, and research productivity in such a small amount of time was unbelievable."
- Nov 2013, Juxtaposition MICA Communication, Maryland Institute College of Art, MD, USA.
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