Temple University

Jesse Rhianyu Sullivan (she/her) is an art history PhD candidate with an artist’s background. Her methodology merges artistic, technological, and scientific approaches, working alongside professional artists and mechanical engineers alike. Since graduating from Maryland Institute College of Art she has worked and studied in Florence, Venice, and London, where she got her Master’s degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art. At Temple she has received a University Fellowship, the Marcia Hall Research Award, and the Departmental Temple Rome Fellowship. She has worked as an instructor at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Moore College of Art and Design, and Juniata College. She has presented her research at the Pratt in Venice Research Symposium, New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and will present at the upcoming Renaissance Society of America conference in 2024. In the Spring of 2024 she will be moving to Italy to complete research for her dissertation, titled “Ripples on the Surface: Active Dimensionality in Early Renaissance Painting.” 

MA, the Courtauld Institute of Art, 2016
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2012

Primary Advisor: Marcia Hall, PhD
Secondary Advisor: Tracy Cooper, PhD