About the Author

Kristen Hutchinson

Kristen Hutchinson is a queer and gender-fluid (they/she) visual artist, cultural critic, curator, writer, editor, and adjunct professor of art history, feminism, media studies, and popular culture. She received her PhD in the History of Art from University College London in 2007 and has taught at numerous universities and colleges in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. She also teaches independent seminars in person and online. Hutchinson is the author of two other books: Monsters No More: How We Came to Love the Denizens of the Dark (2025) and Prairie Tales: A History (2017). They have been a nationally syndicated art and popular culture columnist at CBC Radio and the editor-in-chief of Luma Quarterly. Hutchinson is the co-founder of fast & dirty, a Montreal- and Edmonton-based curatorial and artist collective that creates projects challenging curatorial methods, as well as exhibitions and art events for short durations in unusual environments. They recently participated in a research residency focusing on Canadian lesboqueer artists and curated an exhibition titled We’re Here. We’re Lesboqueer. We’re Still Fabulous at Artexte in Montreal.