Kirsi Peltomaki

Kirsi Peltomäki is a contemporary art historian who teaches art history at Oregon State University in Corvallis. Her work centers on experiential and participatory art, from sculpture and conceptual art to installation. She wrote Situation Aesthetics: The Work of Michael Asher (MIT Press, 2010) and edited Public Knowledge: Selected Writings by Michael Asher (MIT Press, 2019). Her articles have appeared in Art Journal, Afterimage, and Tacet. She was a PRAx Research Fellow in 2021-2022 for a project on Finnish modernist sculpture of the 1960s, titled Heavy Metal: Modernity, Craft, and Industry.