Sofía Gómez Pichardo

Area of Focus

• History of collecting, archeology and art.
• Indigeneity, ethnohistory, postcolonialism and imperialism.
• Funerary practices of ancient Americas.
• Community, corporality, sexuality, museology and mass culture.

 

Description of Research

Pichardo looks for public spaces to question traditional knowledge as an educational resource for our experience in history. Her first approach to history research was a focus on how ancient Americas cultures viewed death, emphasizing on elements that were brought to their offerings. Currently, she's in the process of investigating the role museums play in society regarding inclusion and equity through an exhibition on Moche art.

Her Master's Advisor is Dr. Alex Hidalgo.

 

Curriculum Vitae

• English
• Espanol

 

Selected Publications

• "Anatomy of Pre-Columbian Art Heist in Fort Worth. The Heist: A massive theft of pre-Columbian art reveals troubling truths about Texans' role in the illicit antiquities trade," [with Alex Hidalgo PhD, Michael Fung, Jack Hines, Anthony Peebler, Leonel Rodríguez, Meghan Scott-Chaber and Jack Emery] The Texas Observer, (10 June 2024). https://www.texasobserver.org/the-heist/

 

Selected Presentations

• Curatorship for the exhibition Moche Art: Between Life and Afterlife at the Moudy Art Gallery. Exhibition advisory, Lori Boornazian Diel, PhD; Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A (August 19 to September 12, 2024).
• Presentation Forging Andean Art in the Panel Collecting Pre-Columbian Past at the American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting altogether with Alex Hidalgo's, PhD, panel, (September - 2024).

 

Honors & Awards

• Research Grant Boller-Worcester. Research Moche Art  at the Fowler Museum (UCLA) and LACMA museum. Los Ángeles, California, U.S.A. (2024)