Kim Wishart came to Princeton University in 2002 as a graduate student in the Department of Art & Archaeology. She joined the staff at Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology as the Chinese Art Specialist in 2008 as an ABD with a research emphasis on traditional Chinese painting. Kim holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of Washington, and a Master of Arts from Princeton (2005). Her primary research focuses on collaborative painting in China.