Engaging children with artists who look like them, have similar experiences, and come from similar backgrounds is a great source of inspiration and empowerment. By reflecting their own identities, experiences and motivations (mirrors) and also providing insight into the identities, experiences and motivations of others (windows) can move students toward more nuanced perceptions of the world around them (sliding glass doors).* Discover new BIPOC artists to add to your curriculum.
*Source: By Rudine Sims Bishop, The Ohio State University. "Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors"
East Asian Artists
Artists have many layered identities and art educators need to present them as such.
Representing diverse artists in your curriculum is only part of an Anti-Bias, Anti-Racist curriculum. It needs to be more than a symbolic effort and art educators need to take into account intersectionality when introducing these artists to students. How do aspects of an artists’ social and political identities (ex. gender, sex, race, class, sexuality, religion, ability, physical appearance, etc.) intersect within their work?
In addition, we recognize that race is socially constructed and it is impossible to put humans in clearly defined categories by race. Racial identity is deeply personal, and artists within any given subgroup define themselves differently. Race, ethnicity, and nationality are all factors artist's individually consider as their personal identity. However, as mentioned previously that is not all that there is to their identity. We know that artists have many layered identities and art educators need to do the research to present them as such. These groupings are not perfect, as humans are not meant to be divided into boxes. We hope this resource can help art educators identify who is missing from their curriculum in order to create a curriculum more representative of the incredible diversity among students and artists today.
A
Adam Chau
Asian American
Aki Sasamoto
Japanese
Ai Weiwei
Chinese
Ariuntuya Jambaldorj
Mongolian
Audrey Kawasaki
Japanese-American
Aya Takano
Japanese
Ayumi Horie
Japanese American
Akio Takamori
Japanese-American
B
Baatarzorig Batjargal
Mongolian
Barbara Horiuchi
Japanese American
Battur Tsedenpil Mongolian
Bian Qing
Chinese
Bingyi
Chinese
Byron Kim
Korean American
C
Cai Guo-Qiang
Chinese
Cao Fei
Chinese
Cai Xiaosong
Chinese
Cheryll Leo-Gwin
Chinese American
Chen Xi
Chinese
Chen Ting-shih
Chinese
Chen Yujun
Chinese
Chen Yufan
Chinese
Chen Qi
Chinese
Cheong Soo Pieng
Chinese
Chiho Aoshima
Japanese
Christina Neston
Japanese & American
Chuang Che
Chinese
Chu Wei-Bor
Chinese
D
D. Tsolmon
Mongolian
DALeast
Chinese
David Choe
Korean American
Do Ho Suh
Korean
Dong Shawhwei
Taiwanese
E-F
Eun-Ha Paek
Korean
Eva Kwong
Chinese American
Fong Chung-Ray
Chinese
Flo Oy Wong
Chinese-American
G
GAO Xingjian
Chinese
Gayle Tanaka
Japanese American
Greg Ito
Japanese American
Godo Dashdondov Bayartsetseg
Mongolian
Gu Wenda
Chinese (East Asian)
H
Haegue Yang
Korean
Han Hsiang-Ning
Chinese
Hang Chunhui
Chinese
Haraguchi Noriyuki
Japanese
Haruki
Japanese
Hieu Nguyen AKA kelogsloops
Australian
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Japanese
Hong Zhu An
Chinese
Hsiao Chin
Chinese
Hu Weiyi
Chinese
Hung Liu
Chinese-Born American
I
Isamu Noguchi Japanese American
J
Jean Shin
American-Korean
JeeYoung Lee
Korean
Jeon Bora
Korean
Jiang Cheng
Chinese
Jiang Ji’an
Chinese
Jingfang Hao & Lingjie Wang (duo) Chinese
Jiha Moon
Korean
Jin Jinghong
Chinese
Joseph Wu
Canadian (Born in Hong Kong)
Jun Ahn
Korean
Juliana Kang Robinson
Korean
Jun Yang
Korean American
K
Ka-Man Tse
Chinese-American
Kao Jun-Honn
Taiwanese
Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese
Kang Chun-hyuk
Korean
Kay Kang
Korean American
Kea Tawana
Japanese American
Khishigsuren Batdelger
Mongolian
Kimsooja
Korean
Kitagawa Utamaro
Japanese
Koon Wai Bong
Chinese
Koshimizu Susumu
Japanese
Ko Byung Jun
Korean
L
Lee Bul
Korean
Lenore Chinn
Chinese-American
Lexy Ho-Tai
Canadian-Chinese
Li Chen
Taiwanese
Li Yushuang
Chinese
Lim Minouk
Korean
Lim Young Sun
Korean
Ling Chun
Chinese
Lily Yeh
Chinese American
Liu Dan
Chinese
Liu Guosong
Taiwanese
Lkhagvadorj Enkhbat
Mongolian
Luo Kai
Chinese
M
Ma Paisui
Chinese
MA Shuqing
Chinese
Mao Chenyu
Chinese
Maya Lin
Chinese American
Mel Chin
Chinese American
Miho Hirano
Japanese
Mika Tajima
Japanese American
Mina Cheon
Korean American
Miné Okubo
Japanese American
Moon Kyungwon
Korean
Motonaga Sadamasa
Japanese
Munkhtsetseg Jalkhaajav (Mugi)
Mongolian
Musquiqui Chihying
Taiwanese
N
Nam June Paik
Korean American
Nandin Erdene Budzagd
Mongolian
Nikki S. Lee
Korean
Noriyuki Haraguchi Japanese
O
Orkhontuul Banzragch
Mongolian
Onon Urjinkhand
Mongolian
P
Pan Hsinhua
Taiwanese
Peng Yihsuan
Taiwanese
Park Chan-kyong
Korean
Qin Feng
Chinese
R
Reiko Fujii
Japanese American
Roger Shimomura
Japanese American
Ruth Asawa
Japanese American
Red Hong Yi
Chinese-Malaysian
S
Sarah Sze
Chinese American
Sekine Nobuo
Japanese
Shen Kelong
Chinese
Seund Ja Rhee
Korean
Shang Yang
Chinese
Shari Arai DeBoer
Japanese American
Shen Hao
Chinese
Shen Qin
Chinese
Shelly Wan
Chinese
Stephanie Mei Huang
Asian American
Sun Mu
Korean
Szeto Lap
Chinese
Szu-Han Ho
Taiwanese
T
Takashi Murakami
Japanese
Tehching Hsieh
Taiwanese
Teruko Nimura
Japanese American
Tera Stockdale
Japanese American
Taili Wu
Taiwanese
Tatsuya Tanaka
Japanese
Trinh T. Minh-ha
(Thi Minh-Ha Trinh)
Vietnamese
U
Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese
Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu Mongolian
V
W
Walasse Ting
Chinese
Wang Tiande
Chinese
Wang Zhiyi
Chinese
Wendy Maruyama
Japanese American
Wen Zhengming
Chinese
X
Xu Bing
Chinese
Y
Yang Chihung
Chinese
Yang Yuyu
Taiwanese
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese
Ye Yongqing
Chinese
YIN Zhaoyang
Chinese
YING Tianqi
Chinese
Yoko Ono
Japanese
Yoshitomo Nara
Japanese
Yoshio Itagaki
Japanese
Yoshitoshi Kanemaki
Japanese
Young In Hong
Korean
Yun-Fei Ji
Chinese
Yodogawa Technique
Japanese
Z
Zao Wou-Ki
Chinese-French
Zayasaikhan Sambuu
Mongolian
Zeng Fanzhi
Chinese
Zhang Huan
Chinese
Zheng Chongbin
Chinese
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@neocha- Culture and Creativity in Asia
Asian: a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.