Shuxia Chen

Dr. Shuxia Chen is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design, specializing in Chinese art and photography history. She previously served as the inaugural curator of the China Gallery and East Asian Collections at the University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum. Her research focuses on cultural networks, art collectives, and diasporic artistic practices in the Sinophone world.

Education: BBA (Hons), MVA (Hons), MA, PhD.

Research Interests: Chen’s work explores themes such as self-organized photography groups in Beijing (1977–1988), representations of Chinese Australians in community museums, and amateur photographic networks in Taiwan and Hong Kong (1970s–1990s). Her curatorial projects include exhibitions like Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature (2023) and Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan (2021).

Awards & Grants:

• David Scott Memorial Fellowship (State Library of NSW, 2022)
• Travelling Fellowship (Australian Academy of the Humanities, 2020)
• Taiwan National Photographic Assets Curatorial Project Grant (Ministry of Culture, 2020)

Advising & Teaching: Supervises HDR students on topics like critical Asian studies and curating in Australia. Teaches courses including Museum and Visual Cultures in the Asia-Pacific and Contemporary Curating.