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Biography

University of California San Diego - Art History


Experience

  • University of California San Diego

    Lecturer

    Diana worked at University of California San Diego as a Lecturer

  • University of California San Diego

    Lecturer

    Diana worked at University of California San Diego as a Lecturer

  • The San Diego Museum of Art

    Associate Curator of East Asian Art

    Oversaw more than 5000 objects from China, Japan, and Korea; updated object records and values; Museum liaison for Asian Arts Council (AAC, founded in 1947); gave public lectures and presentations to the supporting councils, docents, the collection committee and public programs; identified objects for conservation need

    Gallery exhibitions--
    Visual Vaults--Ukiyo-e prints
    Gallery Rotations at the East Asian art galleries

    Publication--
    content suggestions for "Palaces and Peacocks" (Art of India Children's book)

  • The San Diego Museum of Art

    Associate Curator of Asian Art

    Gallery exhibitions & rotations--

    Chinese Art Gallery, Painting Rotations (August 2019-- 2033)
    Visible Vaults-- Indian Manuscripts and Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints (November 2018 -- October 2020)
    "The Beauty of Japan: from Ancient to Modern Aesthetics (Renovation of Japanese art Gallery, August 2018--)
    "Photography of British India" (South Asian Art Gallery rotation, March - August 2018)
    "The Magnificence of China" (Renovation of Chinese Art Gallery, January 2018--)
    "Ramayana: Indian Manuscript" (South Asian Art Gallery rotation, September 2017 - August 2018)

    Oversaw the installation and completion of renovations of Galleries of South Asian and Persian Art; oversaw objects from China, Japan, India, SA, Iran, and Islamic world; Museum Liaison for the Asian Arts Councils (founded in 1947) and Committee of Arts of India and Sub-Continent (founded in 2000); updated object records and values of the permanent collection; identified objects (Chinese Paintings) need conservation attention in the permanent collection; public lectures for the supporting councils, docents, and professional conferences.


    Acquisitions--
    Received more than 220 items of Modern and Contemporary Japanese prints from a private collection;
    Received 17 objects of Japanese and Korean ceramics from a private collection;

    Grant writings--
    Japan Foundation, LA (granted)
    India Tourism Office, LA (granted)
    Luce Foundation

  • Cleveland State University

    Guest Curator

    This exhibition is attempted to recreate a physical setting representing the upper-class merchants and cultural literati family of the late 19th and early 20th century China.

  • Cleveland State University

    Lecturer

    Teaching area include Asian Art Survey (India, Japan, and China), Art of China, Art 402: Project-based--object interpretation.

  • The Dayton Art Institute

    Guest Curator of Japanese Art Exhibitions

    Exhibition Titles:
    “Keeping Travels in Our Memories: Ando Hiroshige’s Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido”
    “Flowers in Bloom, Animals at Play”

Education

  • Northern Illinois University

    M.A.

    Art History: European and Japanese Art

  • The University of Kansas

    Ph.D.

    Art History: Chinese Painting & theory

Publications

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • New Readings of Ren Renfa's (1254-1327) Bird-and-Flower Paintings and its context in Yuan Painting

    UK: Oriental Art Magazine

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • New Readings of Ren Renfa's (1254-1327) Bird-and-Flower Paintings and its context in Yuan Painting

    UK: Oriental Art Magazine

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond (Chinese)

    典藏月刊

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • New Readings of Ren Renfa's (1254-1327) Bird-and-Flower Paintings and its context in Yuan Painting

    UK: Oriental Art Magazine

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond (Chinese)

    典藏月刊

  • A Study of the (Western) Zodiac Signs in Chinese Art

    UK

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • New Readings of Ren Renfa's (1254-1327) Bird-and-Flower Paintings and its context in Yuan Painting

    UK: Oriental Art Magazine

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond (Chinese)

    典藏月刊

  • A Study of the (Western) Zodiac Signs in Chinese Art

    UK

  • 19 entries on Modern & Contemporary Asian Artists (Benezit Dictionary of Asian Artists)

    Oxford University Press

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • New Readings of Ren Renfa's (1254-1327) Bird-and-Flower Paintings and its context in Yuan Painting

    UK: Oriental Art Magazine

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond (Chinese)

    典藏月刊

  • A Study of the (Western) Zodiac Signs in Chinese Art

    UK

  • 19 entries on Modern & Contemporary Asian Artists (Benezit Dictionary of Asian Artists)

    Oxford University Press

  • "Landscape Painting," "Folk Painting," "Chen Yi-fei"

    USA: Berkshire Encyclopedia of China

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • New Readings of Ren Renfa's (1254-1327) Bird-and-Flower Paintings and its context in Yuan Painting

    UK: Oriental Art Magazine

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond (Chinese)

    典藏月刊

  • A Study of the (Western) Zodiac Signs in Chinese Art

    UK

  • 19 entries on Modern & Contemporary Asian Artists (Benezit Dictionary of Asian Artists)

    Oxford University Press

  • "Landscape Painting," "Folk Painting," "Chen Yi-fei"

    USA: Berkshire Encyclopedia of China

  • The Korean Art Collection at The San Diego Museum of Art: Collection History, Highlights, and Challenges

    National Museum of Korea

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • New Readings of Ren Renfa's (1254-1327) Bird-and-Flower Paintings and its context in Yuan Painting

    UK: Oriental Art Magazine

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond (Chinese)

    典藏月刊

  • A Study of the (Western) Zodiac Signs in Chinese Art

    UK

  • 19 entries on Modern & Contemporary Asian Artists (Benezit Dictionary of Asian Artists)

    Oxford University Press

  • "Landscape Painting," "Folk Painting," "Chen Yi-fei"

    USA: Berkshire Encyclopedia of China

  • The Korean Art Collection at The San Diego Museum of Art: Collection History, Highlights, and Challenges

    National Museum of Korea

  • A Study and Translation from the Chinese of Tang Hou’s Huajian (Examination of Painting): Cultivating Taste in Yuan China, 1279-1368.

    The Edwin Mellen Press

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond

    The San Diego Museum of Art

    exhibition brochure

  • New Readings of Ren Renfa's (1254-1327) Bird-and-Flower Paintings and its context in Yuan Painting

    UK: Oriental Art Magazine

  • Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era and Beyond (Chinese)

    典藏月刊

  • A Study of the (Western) Zodiac Signs in Chinese Art

    UK

  • 19 entries on Modern & Contemporary Asian Artists (Benezit Dictionary of Asian Artists)

    Oxford University Press

  • "Landscape Painting," "Folk Painting," "Chen Yi-fei"

    USA: Berkshire Encyclopedia of China

  • The Korean Art Collection at The San Diego Museum of Art: Collection History, Highlights, and Challenges

    National Museum of Korea

  • A Study and Translation from the Chinese of Tang Hou’s Huajian (Examination of Painting): Cultivating Taste in Yuan China, 1279-1368.

    The Edwin Mellen Press

  • A Study of (Western) Zodiac Signs in Medieval Asian Art

    Tianjin: Nankai University, China

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