Shen Qu

Qu is an art history Ph.D. candidate at the School of Art, Arizona State University. She also served as the president of the Council of Graduate Art Historians at ASU from 2022-2025. She earned her M.A. in history of art and archeology at IFA, NYU. Her research interests are contemporary art, the post-war art market, feminist art history, and pre-modern East Asian art theories. With a focus on materiality, she develops and teaches a higher division undergrad course dedicated to craftsmanship in pre-modern East Asia based on her past working experiences in cultural heritage residency programs in mainland China. Her current published writing focuses on art criticism and covers public art, curation and museum studies.

Education

MA, History of Art and Archaeology, IFA, NYU