Kejia Wu is an art historian, columnist for The Financial Times Chinese Edition, and author of the book A Modern History of China’s Art Market (Routledge, 2023). She is a trustee of the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. Kejia authored The European Fine Art Foundation’s Art Market Report in 2019 and was honored with the Asia Art Pioneers Award by ArtReview Asia, LEAP magazine, and The Art Newspaper China Edition.

Wu served as 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. While in China, she co-founded the East Modern Art Center (EMAC), the first nonprofit contemporary art center in Beijing.

Wu is a graduate of Yale University and Renmin University.

Last Updated: September 24, 2024

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