Iakoiehwahtha Patton

Iakoiehwahtha Patton is an art historian of the Northern Renaissance. At the University of Oxford, she recently completed her MSt of History of Art and Visual Culture, focusing on the gendering of death in the funerary arts of Renaissance France. Her dissertation, aptly titled “Gendering Death in the French Renaissance,” focused on the funerary patronage of Anne de Bretagne, twice Queen of France.  Iako’s research addressed the political, cultural, and gendered matrix in which death was envisioned by considering Anne de Bretagne’s dual role as both a patron and a royal figure to be commemorated. Iako completed her undergrad at the University of Torono, studying Art History, Anthropology, and Renaissance Studies. In the fall, she will continue her postgraduate studies at Oxford, pursuing an MSc in Visual, Material, and Museum Anthropology.