Areas of Specialization:Global Contemporary Art; Feminist Historiography; Feminist and Queer Theory; Autobiography and Biography Studies; Exhibition Histories
Gabriella Shypula is a curator and PhD candidate in art history and criticism at Stony Brook University. Rooted in social and oral histories, her dissertation examines methods of autobiography in feminist art practices, particularly as engaged by New York-based women artists from the 1970s to the 1990s. Shypula is currently the Leigh and Mary Carter Director’s Research Fellow at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where she has contributed to exhibitions, including The Gift: Emma Amos with Friends (2026–27). In 2022, she co-curated Revisiting 5+1 at the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, presented in partnership with the MFA Boston, and co-edited the accompanying catalogue. Additionally, she has worked on curatorial and research projects at the Museum of Modern Art; SFMOMA; the Smithsonian American Art Museum; and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Shypula is an alumna of the CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice and holds an MA in art history and criticism, as well as a graduate certificate in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies from Stony Brook University. Her research has been supported by the Stony Brook University Alumni Association Doctoral Summer Fellowship, Kusama Research and Travel Awards, and the Miriam and Maurice Goldberger Fellowship.