East Asian Artists
Anti-Racist Art Teachers
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.
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.
Name/Nationality
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
Baatarzorig Batjargal Mongolian
Barbara Horiuchi Japanese American
Battur Tsedenpil Mongolian
Bian Qing Chinese
Bingyi Chinese
Byron Kim Korean American
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. Tsolmon Mongolian
DALeast Chinese
David Choe Korean American
Do Ho Suh Korean
Dong Shawhwei Taiwanese
Eun-Ha Paek Korean
Eva Kwong Chinese American
Fong Chung-Ray Chinese
Flo Oy Wong Chinese-American
GAO Xingjian Chinese
Gayle Tanaka Japanese American
Greg Ito Japanese American
Godo Dashdondov Bayartsetseg Mongolian
Gu Wenda Chinese (East Asian)
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
Isamu Noguchi Japanese American
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
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
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
Louise Jones (née Chen) Chinese American
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
Nam June Paik Korean American
Nandin Erdene Budzagd Mongolian
Nikki S. Lee Korean
Noriyuki Haraguchi Japanese
Orkhontuul Banzragch Mongolian
Onon Urjinkhand Mongolian
Pan Hsinhua Taiwanese
Peng Yihsuan Taiwanese
Park Chan-kyong Korean
Qin Feng Chinese
Reiko Fujii Japanese American
Roger Shimomura Japanese American
Ruth Asawa Japanese American
Red Hong Yi Chinese-Malaysian
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
Takashi Murakami Japanese
Tehching Hsieh Taiwanese
Teruko Nimura Japanese American
Tera Stockdale Japanese American
Taili Wu Taiwanese
Tatsuya Tanaka Japanese
Trinh T. Minh-ha Vietnamese
Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese
Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu Mongolian
Walasse Ting Chinese
Wang Tiande Chinese
Wang Zhiyi Chinese
Wendy Maruyama Japanese American
Wen Zhengming Chinese
Xu Bing Chinese
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
Zao Wou-Ki Chinese-French
Zayasaikhan Sambuu Mongolian
Zeng Fanzhi Chinese
Zhang Huan Chinese
Zheng Chongbin Chinese
