Myles André Bonadie

Myles André Bonadie is a writer, researcher, and PhD student in the History of Art and Black Studies whose research interests include visual culture, black geographies, psychoanalysis, literary studies, and art from the late 19th century to present. Currently, Myles’ work attends to questions around the representability of black life in the wake of climate catastrophe, the value of detritus, and the relationship between performance and narrative. 

Prior to Yale, Myles was a graduate researcher for Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, a copyediting assistant for To See in the Dark (2015), a member of the programming team at The Africa Center, and an intern at The Studio Museum in Harlem. Myles has an M.A. in Media, Culture, and Communication from New York University, and a B.A. in Media Studies from Pitzer College.

Their recent research has been supported by the Whitney Humanities Center, the Center for Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration, and the History of Art Department.