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Biography
Dr Tennae Maki is a research fellow with the Philosophy department working on the ArcaiArt. This project is a cross collaboration between Nottingham, Coventry University, University of Exeter, Goldsmiths, London South Bank University and the National Archives, and is led by Dr Lydia Farina. Her PhD in was awarded in 2025 by the University of Leeds with the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures. Her Master's degree is in Art History and Theory and was awarded in 2013 by SUNY Purchase.
Expertise Summary
Dr Maki's work sits at the intersection of aesthetics, cultural theory and digital humanities. Her doctoral thesis, Aesthetics and Access: Disintermediation's Impact on Art Objects and Viewer Identity, examined how public engagement with art across traditional and digital contexts is shaped. This work also explored the evolving conditions of authorship and audience experience of art and visual culture, might those be of artifical intelligence, algorithmic processes or legacy intermediation.
Before entering academia, she spent a decade working with art internationally; managing collections, archives and galleries, as an art critic, and collaborating with institutions across North America, Europe and Africa. This professional foundation continues to inform her research, grounding theoretical inquiry in the practical realities of cultural production and distribution.