Stephen Moonie is an art historian. He specialises in the art and theory of the post-war United States, with a particular interest in the critical discourse of modernism in the 1950s and 1960s. More broadly, he is interested in art writing and contemporary painting.

Previously, Stephen taught at the Department of History of Art at the University of Warwick. He completed his MA (Hons) at the University of St Andrews, and completed his MA (2005) and Ph.D. (2009) at the University of Essex.

Stephen is module leader for ‘Art Since 45: Postwar to Pluralism’ (FIN2017/3027), and this year (2022-3) he will be module leader for ‘Art Writing’ (FIN4023). He also supervises undergraduate dissertations at Stage 3 level. Stephen is Chair of the Board of Examiners for the BA, MFA and CAP programmes in Fine Art.