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A painter with interest in critical theory and modernism, Susan King received her MFA from USC. A professor of both art studio and art history, she also earned an MA in Art History at UC, Riverside and a PhD in Visual Studies at UC, Irvine. Her art historical thesis focused on the reception of German modernism in England, and her dissertation centered on surrealism in the late 1930s. In addition to presenting papers at College Art Association (CAA) annual conferences, she contributed a review to CAA Reviews on the Getty’s J.M.W. Turner exhibition and catalogue.

Her other publications include a book review on European interwar avant-gardes and two book chapters—one on the painter Max Liebermann and another on the Women’s Caucus for Art’s legacy of honoring women in the visual arts. Susan leads the thesis writing seminars and is the thesis advisor in LCAD’s Drawing/Painting MFA program. She’s equally at home in artist studios, galleries, museums, libraries, and archives and is thrilled to share in the rich dialogue among LCAD’s MFA and liberal arts faculty and students.