Areas of Specialization: Contemporary Chinese Art, Media Art, Experimental Film and Video, Art Education
Yulong Hu is a PhD candidate in Art History and Criticism at Stony Brook University. Her dissertation traces the development and institutionalization of media art in China since the 1980s, focusing on how pedagogy, urban spaces, and exhibition practices have shaped the field. Her broader research interests include transnational popular culture, digital media, emerging technologies, and their intersections with contemporary artistic practice.
Yulong received an MA in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University and a BA (summa cum laude) in Art History and Criticism from Stony Brook University. She is a recipient of Stony Brook University’s 2026 Faculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship Award. In spring 2026, she curated “Beyond: Artistic Expressions in AI,” a group exhibition presented as part of the SUNY AI Symposium at Stony Brook. During her undergraduate years, she also worked as a gallery assistant at the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery.
At Stony Brook, she has taught ARH 207 Digital Media: History/Theory, ARH 208 History of Photography, and ARH 395 Topics in Visual Culture: Chinese Media Cultures, a course she designed examining modern and contemporary China through media, art, and culture.