Professor Wick is an art historian, writer and curator whose research focuses on the designed environment. He first taught at AUP in 2014. He initially trained as a landscape architect and planner at the University of California, Berkeley (MLA, 2003) and worked in those fields in New York and Paris. In 2011 he completed a second masters on the conservation of historic landscapes at ÉNSA–Versailles. In 2017 he completed his doctoral research in history at Queen Mary–University of London.
His research focuses on 18th-century landscapes, designs and political culture. He is the author of Gardens in Revolution: Landscapes and Political Culture in France, 1760–1792 (Harvey Miller / Brepols, 2025). He also co-curated the exhibitions Comte d'Artois: Prince et Mécène (Château of Maisons / CMN, Winter 2025-2026); Le Petit Salon (Middlebury College Art Museum, Autumn, 2025); Vivre à l'Antique (Château of Rambouillet / CMN, Spring 2021) and Hubert Robert et la fabrique des Jardins (Château of La Roche-Guyon, Autumn 2017).
His current research project looks at 18th-century authors' homes and gardens. He teaches at NYU Paris and also lectures for the École du Louvre.
Education/Degrees
- PhD, University of London - Queen Mary (in progress, anticipated date of completion: June 2015)
- Master 2, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture -Versailles, 2009
- MLA, College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley, 2004
- BA, Gallatin Schoo, NYU, 2000