Shuxia Chen
Senior Lecturer · University-wide researcher directory · University of New South Wales
Quick answer: Shuxia Chen is Senior Lecturer at University of New South Wales. Shuxia Chen shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-17.
⭐ Shuxia is currently accepting HDR students wishing to research on modern and contemporary Asian art and photography, socialist and post-socialist visual culture in Asia, art collectives and networks in Asia, amateur art practice, Asia and Asian-Australian exhibitions and history, curatorial practice and history in Asia and Australia. She welcomes postgraduate projects, including both practice-led
Research interests
Shuxia Chen is a historian and curator of Chinese art and photography. Her research concerns cultural network, art collectives, and amateur and diasporic artistic practice in the Sinophone world. Her recent republished edited volumes include Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (2025), A Home for Photography Learning: The Friday Salon, 1977–1980 (2024) and Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature (2024). Her recent curatorial projects include ‘The trace is not a presence …’ (2024), 'Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature' (2023), ‘Sentient Paper’ (2022) and ‘Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan’ (2021). Chen was the inaugural curator of the China Gallery and East Asian Collections at the University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum (2019–2024). She is currently a senior lecturer in the Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design.
Art history, theory and criticism, Heritage, archive and museum studies, Visual cultures, Asian cultural studies
Selected publications (since 2023)
Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (2025)
A Home for Photography Learning: The Friday Salon, 1977–1980 (2024)
Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature (2024)
Frequently asked questions
Is Shuxia Chen hiring PhD students at University of New South Wales?
Yes. As of 2026-09-17, Shuxia Chen's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Shuxia is currently accepting HDR students wishing to research on modern and contemporary Asian art and photography, socialist and post-socialist visual culture in Asia, art collectives and networks i.
What does Shuxia Chen research?
Shuxia Chen is a historian and curator of Chinese art and photography. Her research concerns cultural network, art collectives, and amateur and diasporic artistic practice in the Sinophone world. Her recent republished edited volumes include Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (2025), A Ho
Data last updated: 2026-09-17 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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