Michal Lynn Shumate

Michal Lynn Shumate is an educator and researcher based in Bomarzo, Italy, whose interdisciplinary practice draws from the history and theory of domestic space and the decorative arts. Her current research is focused on the spatial/visual culture of nineteenth-century Rome, with projects ranging from the restoration of medieval houses, to the use of historicism in decorative programs of the 1830s, to the cartographic nature of domestic inventories. Michal Lynn worked, studied, and taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before moving to Italy. She is co-founder of the interdisciplinary research collective HAIR CLUB with Suzanne Gold and Kelly Lloyd.