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Suzanne Wright is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She specializes in late imperial Chinese visual culture, particularly painting and prints, with a focus on functional art objects. Her research explores Ming and Qing dynasty woodblock prints, letter paper design, and performative aspects of material culture.
Education: PhD in Art History from Stanford University (thesis area unspecified), MA from UC Berkeley. Prior to academia, she served as Assistant Curator of Far Eastern Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Research interests include the intersection of art functionality and social context, material culture analysis, and the role of pre-printed imagery in communication. Notable projects include co-curating Gardens, Art and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints (The Huntington Library, 2016) and contributing to studies on letter paper designs and drinking game cards.
Publications focus on seventeenth-century catalogues, publisher biographies, and forthcoming essays on letter paper formal language and performative print use. She actively engages with interdisciplinary approaches linking art history to cultural anthropology and visual studies.
Teaching and advising: No student names listed, but her role implies graduate supervision. Affiliated with university resources like the smART Lab and Wood Shop. Professional activities include conference presentations and exhibition curation.
