## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [Overview](/index%2Ephp/academics) 3. [Faculty Members](/index%2Ephp/academics/explore-faculty) 4. [Andrew Gayed](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/3930) # Andrew Gayed ![](https://ultima7-its.ocadu.ca/bios/agayed/portrait) agayed@ocadu.ca Faculty Information Associate Professor, Tenured Faculty of Arts & Science Dr. Andrew Gayed is Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at Canada’s oldest and largest art education institution, OCAD University (Ontario College of Art and Design University) where he teaches courses on global contemporary art. An Egyptian-Canadian art historian, Dr. Gayed has an academic background in diasporic art, queer visual culture, and Middle Eastern art histories. Before joining OCADU, Dr. Gayed was the Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality where he researched the artistic practices of the queer diaspora. Gayed holds a PhD in Art History and Visual Culture from York University where he was awarded the Provost Dissertation Award, and holds an M.A. in Art History, and a B.F.A. in Visual Arts. Gayed's research is located at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary and transnational inquiry in art history, gender studies, and critical race theory. Dr. Gayed’s scholarship has appeared in books, including the "Routledge Handbook of Middle Eastern Diasporas," and "Unsettling Canadian Art History," in addition to peer-reviewed journals including "Journal for Studies in Art Education." Dr. Gayed’s first monograph, "Queer World Making: Contemporary Middle Eastern Diasporic Art," published with the University of Washington Press (2024), shares innovative new research in visual art and culture that transforms our understanding of queerness and multiculturalism. "Art Journal" calls the book a raw and thoughtful exploration of the weight and dissonance of diasporic life; "Hyperallergic" commends Gayed for challenging Western mythologies around Arab and Muslim sexuality, offering a vital contribution to art history and visibility; and Brill’s "Journal of Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas" praises the book's political, aesthetic-driven art history, predicting it will become required reading across multiple disciplines. By studying contemporary art, Gayed's book "Queer World Making" foregrounds decolonial politics and unexpected histories of homosexuality in the Middle East as a way of better understanding the issues today that queer diasporic people of color face. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ RESEARCH INTERESTS: Global Contemporary Art, Decolonial Art Histories, Diasporic Visual Culture, Photography, Gender and Sexuality, North African & Arab Art, Islamic Art, Human Rights, Global Modernisms, World Art Studies, Critical Race Theory \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ COURSES TAUGHT: • VISA2003 History of Photography. • VISA3026 Photography Theory and Criticism • VISA2014 Modern and Contemporary Arab Art • VISA3032 Art and Globalization: 1800-Present. • VISC 1002 Global Visual and Material Culture: 1500 to Present. • VISA3014 History and Theory of Art Criticism. • IAMD-6013 (Graduate Seminar): Transnational Queer Theory. • CADN-S6001 (Graduate Seminar) Critical Race Art History. • CADN-6001 (Graduate Seminar) Art History Methods and Theory. • ARTH 2250 Islamic Art and Architecture. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Education: 2020 Ph.D., Art History and Visual Culture. York University, Toronto, Canada 2015 MA, Art History and Theory. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. 2013 BFA, Visual Arts, Minor in Gender Studies. University of Ottawa. ### Works #### “The “When,” “Where,” And “Why” Of Intimacy: Codes Of Coupling In Egyptian Contemporary Art.” Queer Contemporary Art of Southwest Asia North Africa. Published: December 7th 2024 [View Article »](https://www.andrewgayed.com/_files/ugd/31c874_7255fa23244a4f19b3baa9bc55ba58c1.pdf) #### Queer World Making : Contemporary Middle Eastern Diasporic Art. University of Washington Press Published: December 7th 2024 [View Article »](https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295752297/queer-world-making/) #### Cross-Cultural Pedagogy: Undoing Legacies of Whiteness within Art History. Journal of Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas. Published: December 31st 2022 [View Article »](https://www.andrewgayed.com/_files/ugd/31c874_fa9e80990c814b8781eb9225a45da892.pdf) #### Coming out a l'Oriental: Diasporic Art and Colonial Wounds. Unsettling Canadian Art History. Published: December 31st 2022 [View Article »](https://www.andrewgayed.com/_files/ugd/31c874_1136e55b639b41e2b6391a27a0f09ea9.pdf) #### Queering Diaspora Through Visual Art: Contesting the Double Binds of Homocolonialism And Homonationalism. The Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Diasporas. Published: December 31st 2022 [View Article »](https://www.andrewgayed.com/_files/ugd/31c874_5635bec1118b4bef988cc879f76c1d2b.pdf) #### Queering Archives of Photography: Imperialism, Homoeroticism and Desire in Middle Eastern Contemporary Art. Journal of Anthropology of Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia. Published: December 31st 2021 [View Article »](https://www.andrewgayed.com/_files/ugd/31c874_4c470a343c174522befe1152b3344db1.pdf) #### Queer Modernities and Diasporic Art of the Middle East Published: December 31st 2020 [View Article »](https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/37707) #### Methods to Global Art Histories: Museums and the Islamicate. Kunstlicht Journal for Visual Art, Visual Culture and Architecture. Published: December 31st 2018 [View Article »](https://www.andrewgayed.com/_files/ugd/31c874_fde24b64ffbf41fb8bd7450ab9a00ead.pdf) #### Visual Pedagogies: Decolonizing and Decentering the History of Photography. Studies in Art and Education Published: December 31st 2018 [View Article »](https://www.andrewgayed.com/_files/ugd/31c874_b8d957ce442c47b7861c392fff314343.pdf) #### Queering Middle Eastern Contemporary Art and its Diaspora. Unsettling Colonial Modernity: Islamicate Contexts in Focus. Published: December 31st 2017 [View Article »](https://www.andrewgayed.com/_files/ugd/31c874_e75a917ef12d4c1cbedeb827842de5f2.pdf) #### Islamicate Sexualities: The Artworks of Ebrin Bagheri Esse Arts + Opinions (Special Issue LGBTQIA) Published: December 31st 2017 [View Article »](https://www.andrewgayed.com/_files/ugd/31c874_81679463160f4ebfbfbdcd493a56dceb.pdf) #### Nationalism, migration and exile: the photographs of Youssef Nabil Published: December 31st 2015 [View Article »](https://curve.carleton.ca/2a56560e-490a-4c1e-bc46-63befebb528f) ### Education #### PhD in Art History and Visual Culture **Type:** Art History and Visual Culture York University #### MA in Art History, Theory and Criticism **Type:** Art History Carleton University #### BFA Visual Art (Studio) with minor in Gender Studies **Type:** Visual Art University of Ottawa ### Employment #### Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture (Tenured) **Type:** Visual and Critical Studies Ontario College of Art and Design ### Funding #### Ontario Graduate Scholarship **Type:** Award #### SSHRC Minor Research Grant **Type:** Award #### Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Doctoral Scholarship Program **Type:** Award #### Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Masters Scholarship Program **Type:** Award ### Memberships Association of Art Historians Middle East Studies Association of North America AICA International Royal Anthropological Institute College Art Association Universities Art Association of Canada ### Invited Positions #### Visiting Global Scholar **Type:** Centre for the Study of Gender and Sexuality New York University