Susanneh Bieber

Dr. Bieber received her Ph.D from the Freie Universität Berlin. Her article on inflatable architecture of the Sixties received the 2020 JAE scholarship design award for best article of the year, and her research on “The Origins of Judd’s Minimal Art‚” was awarded the 2017 Terra International Essay Prize. She is currently completing her book manuscript “Construction Sites: American Artists Engage the Built Environment, 1960-75,” which has been supported with fellowships from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Previously, Dr. Bieber worked as curator at the Tate Modern in London and the Fresno Metropolitan Museum in California.

Dr. Bieber’s area of expertise is modern and contemporary American art in a transnational context. She is particularly interested in the relationship between art, architecture, and the built environment, addressing issues of social justice and gender equality within the broader field of visual and material culture.