Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5231
Email: kgaya@apu.edu
Office Location: Building 1, Room 228
Office Hours: Friday 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and by appointment
Kieran Gaya, A.B.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Art
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Profile
Kieran Gaya, A.B.D., assistant professor of Art History, was born in Dublin, Ireland of Mauritian parents. He is a highly cultured, well-traveled individual with fluency in four languages and knowledge of a few others who has lived and learned in Africa, Asia, and Europe. He has served, amongst other things, as a student missionary with IFES (IVCF) in Italy, interpreter at the Vatican, and youth leader at a Baptist church in Rome, while studying and lecturing on a wide variety of topics connected to theology and the arts, cross-cultural relations, and languages. Gaya has participated in missionary endeavours in Africa, Asia, and Europe. His research areas include the usage of religious language, symbolism, and iconography in political and social propaganda in past and contemporary history. Gaya is also interested in the study of cross-cultural missions in its responsibilities with regards to applying Christian truth whilst avoiding an imposition of cultural values limited to the background of the missionary.
Education
A.B.D. – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
M. Arch. - Syracuse University
B. Arch. - University of Arkansas
M. Arch. - Syracuse University
B. Arch. - University of Arkansas
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Publications
Gaya, Kieran. La ricostruzione del centro storico di Livorno nel secondo dopoguerra, Atti del convegno (Livorno, 20-21 aprile 2001), Alessandro Merlo (Ed.), Alinea, Florence, Italy, 2006, in Nuovi Studi Livornesi, Vol. XIV, National Association of History, Letters, and Arts, Media Print Editor, Livorno, Italy, September 2007.
Gaya, Kieran. California Design 05, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Design Biennial, 2005.
Gaya, Kieran. California Design 03, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Design Biennial, 2003.
Gaya, Kieran. La ricostruzione del centro storico di Livorno nel secondo dopoguerra, Atti del convegno (Livorno, 20-21 aprile 2001), Alessandro Merlo (Ed.), Alinea, Florence, Italy, 2006, in Nuovi Studi Livornesi, Vol. XIV, National Association of History, Letters, and Arts, Media Print Editor, Livorno, Italy, September 2007.
Gaya, Kieran. California Design 05, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Design Biennial, 2005.
Gaya, Kieran. California Design 03, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Design Biennial, 2003.
Professional Experience
Consulting Engagements
Adviser and Curator Aid, England, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland and the U.S.A.
Ministerial/Para-church Experience
Translator and Interpreter, ICCROM, FAO, TELECOM Italia, PMCA, Derek Prince Ministries, Italy for Christ.
Adviser and Curator Aid, England, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland and the U.S.A.
Ministerial/Para-church Experience
Translator and Interpreter, ICCROM, FAO, TELECOM Italia, PMCA, Derek Prince Ministries, Italy for Christ.
Professional Involvement and Accomplishments
Associations, Boards, Committees
Council for Diversity Training, Azusa Pacific University
Member, AVETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Member, VSETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Member, College of Art Association
Member, American Association of Architectural Historians
Member, American Institute of Architectural Students
Student Member, Sophos Honor Society
Council for Diversity Training, Azusa Pacific University
Member, AVETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Member, VSETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Member, College of Art Association
Member, American Association of Architectural Historians
Member, American Institute of Architectural Students
Student Member, Sophos Honor Society
Expertise
Cross-Cultural Communication
Cross-Ethnic and Intra-Religious Relations
International Relations
Modern Art and Architecture
Renaissance Art and Architecture
Transformational Scholarship
Special Interests and Activities
Missions
Student spiritual and academic development
Arts and crafts
Use of language
Inter-cultural affairs
Fibre Arts
Student spiritual and academic development
Arts and crafts
Use of language
Inter-cultural affairs
Fibre Arts
Note: This information is current for the 2007-08 academic year. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
