Biography.
Kejia Wu is an art historian, columnist for the Financial Times Chinese Edition and a trustee of New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. She authored The European Fine Art Foundation’s Art Market Report in 2019. Her book A Modern History of China’s Art Market (https://www.routledge.com/A-Modern-History-of-Chinas-Art-Market/Wu/p/book/9781032287973) was published in May 2023 by Routledge. Kejia was presented the Asia Art Pioneers Award by ArtReview Asia, LEAP magazine, and The Art Newspaper China Edition in 2019.
She was a member of the faculty at Claremont Graduate University and Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Previously, she oversaw Asia projects and strategy at Sotheby’s in the office of the CEO while based in New York. Prior to moving to New York, Kejia worked in Asia for more than a decade advising various art organizations including the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the first Gerhard Richter retrospective at the National Art Museum of China, the Chinese Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale, Art Dubai, and ArtSingapore. She was co-founder of the East Modern Art Center (EMAC), the first nonprofit contemporary art center in Beijing, and was in charge of its contemporary art programs and operations. The art performance created at EMAC, Dancing with Farmers, was featured at the Chinese Pavilion of the 56th Venice Biennial in 2015.
Kejia has lectured and spoken about Asian art at numerous institutions including The Council on Foreign Relations, Columbia University, NYU, NYU Shanghai, Tsinghua University, The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) Maastricht and New York, New York Studio School, The City University of Hong Kong, Bilgi University in Istanbul, Guardian Fine Art Asia, University of Oregon, Foreign Correspondents Club Thailand and the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Her research and viewpoints have been quoted and reported on by the New York Times, Bloomberg, New York Review of Books, South China Morning Post, The Art Newspaper, Artnet, Gazette Drouot, Financial Times, etc.
Kejia is a graduate of Yale University and Renmin University.