Iakoiehwáhtha (Iako) Patton is a late medieval-early modern art historian (in training). Her scholarship focuses on gender, sexuality, and coloniality in art.

As a member of the Kanien'kehá:ka First Nations community, Iako’s identity as an Indigenous woman has shaped the perspective from which she studies. Iako approaches her scholarship on the late medieval and early modern period at the intersection of gender, coloniality, and its artistic representations. She has continued this work at Oxford, researching the mortuary arts of French Renaissance queens, Anne de Bretagne and Catherine de Medici, under the supervision of Geraldine Johnson. (Publications forthcoming.)

At the University of Toronto, she was the President of the History of Art Students’ Association. She has been an annual organizer for the Campus (Re)conciliation Conference at Victoria College at the University of Toronto since 2019. In 2023, she was the keynote speaker.

During her studies at UofT, Iako has worked as a research assistant to St. Michael's professor, Reid Locklin, on the resource website Teaching and Learning as Treaty Peoples, writing at the intersections of art history, Christianity, coloniality, and Indigeneity. In 2023, she published her research, ‘Absent Landscapes: Tracing Colonial Lines from Dutch Terrains to Emily Carr’s Northwest Coast’.

In addition to her academic interests, she’s a keen powerlifter with Oxford University Powerlifting Club (OUPLC).

Contact Iakoiehwáhtha for a full CV or any other inquiries.