Marcela Sirhandi, PhD
Professor
Marcella Sirhandi earned a PhD from Ohio State University in Asian art history. Her publications include books, exhibition catalogs, book chapters, articles, and reviews on 19th and 20th-century South Asian art. Contemporary Painting in Pakistan (book), Lubna Agha, Points of Reference (book), Contemporary Indian Works on Paper (catalog), Jamini Roy, Bengali Artist of Modern India (catalog), “Contemporary Indian Miniature Painting” in Arts of Asia v.33 are a few publications detailed in her website marcellasirhandi.com. Sirhandi minored in Buddhist art history and taught courses in the arts of India, China, and Japan as well as contemporary Indian and Pakistani art, Hindu art, Indian miniature painting (traditional and contemporary), and European art survey. Sirhandi became an art major at the University of California, Davis after taking a course taught by Wayne Thiebaud. Before completing an MA in studio/art history from California State University, Fresno, Sirhandi taught art at Fresno High School. She taught Asian art history at Kansas City Art Institute from 1987 to 1995 and was at Oklahoma State University from 1995 to 2009. In addition to an American Institute of Pakistan grant and two Fulbright awards to research contemporary art in Pakistani, she was the recipient of an American Institute of Indian Studies grant for a two-year study in that country. Sirhandi has done consulting for Sotheby’s, Christies, and Bonhams, and was on the board of the Midwest Art History Society.