Jinyoung Anna Jin, Ph.D
Adjunct Professor
Director of Asian art and culture at Charles B. Wang Center

Topic Areas: Curatorial practice, Asian Art and Visual Culture, Modern and Contemporary Asian Art, Transnational Art Histories, Material Culture

Office: Charles B. Wang Center, Suite 103

Email: jinyoung.jin@stonybrook.edu

• Biography

  Jinyoung Anna Jin is an adjunct professor of Asian and Asian American Studies and Director of Asian Art and Culture at Stony Brook University’s Charles B. Wang Center. Her curatorial and scholarly work centers on Asian art, visual culture, and transnational histories, with a particular emphasis on modern and contemporary Korea.

  She is the author ofArt, War, and Exile in Modern Korea: Rethinking the Life and Work of Lee Qoede (2025). Her recent projects include the Korean Art Alive film series, which bridges traditional and contemporary practices through accessible visual storytelling. Notable video essays include Something Old, Something New, and Something Borrowed: Korean Bridal Robes (2025), Historical Mapping of Korea(2025), Hats Make the Korean Man (2022), From Privy to Patrimony: The Korean Chamber Pot(2023), and Chaekgeori: A Korean Curiosity Cabinet(2022).

  Jin holds a BA in Art History from Hongik University, an MA in Art History from Columbia University, and a PhD in Cultural Analysis and Theory from Stony Brook University. She also serves on the Community Advisory Board of PBS Thirteen/WLIW.
  www.jinyoungannajin.com

• Book
  Art, War, and Exile in Modern Korea: Rethinking the Life and Work of Lee Qoede. Amsterdam University Press, 2025.
• Book Chapters

  Beyond Borders: Lee Qoede’s Post-Defection Journey in Mural Art and Transnational Influence,” in Mexican Art Goes Global, edited by Karolina Zychowicz, Routledge (forthcoming 2027).

  “Reconciliation of Old and New in Archaic Beauty.” In Park Dae Sung: Ink Reimagined. Hood Museum of Art, 2022.
  
  “Transforming Century-Old Household Items with a Contemporary Sensibility: Wonju Seo’s Textiles.” Wonju Seo. New Jersey State Council on the Arts, 2019.

  “The Evolution of Chaekgeori: Its Inception and Development from the Joseon Period to Today.” In Chaekgeori: The Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens, edited by Byungmo Chung and Sunglim Kim. New York: State University of New York Press, 2017.

   

• Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  “Lee Qoede Beyond Eurocentrism: Mexican Muralist Parallels and Korean National Art.” Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 23, no. 105 (March 2026).

  “Lee Quede: Massacres in 1948 and the Influence of Mexican Muralism.” Art in Translation 12, no. 4(June 2021): 427–447. Taylor and Francis.

  “The Evolution of Visual Spectacle: A Virtual Reality Exhibition.” Ars Orientalis 50 (January 2021).

• Presentations

  2026

              “From Orozco to Lee Qoede: How Mexican Murals Inspired Korean Art”
              Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, May 28

  “Forgotten Modernist: Lee Qoede, Muralism, and the Geopolitics of Memory” Columbia University, February 19
  
  Symposium Reframing Heritage: Conservation and Multi-Dimensional Interpretation of the Korean Art Collection at the Peabody Essex Museum, “Interpretation, Education, and Creative Engagement” February 13-15

  2025

  “Solidarity Across Borders: Modern and Contemporary Korean Artists in the Americas,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies (MARAAS), University of Pittsburgh, November 16

  "Murals Speak: Lee Qoede and the Mexican Muralists' Vision for National Art"

  University of Michigan, November 4.
  
  "Art, War, and Exile: Rediscovering Lee Qoede's Vision for Korean Modernism"

  University of Hawaii at Manoa, October 30.
  
  “Identity and Culture in Korean Headwear”
              Boston University, October 15

  “Art and Exile: Reassessing Lee Qoede’s Legacy in the Geopolitical Landscape of Modern Asia” European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology, University of Lisbon, Portugal, September 8-13.

  Organizer and Presenter, Symposium: Art, War, and Revolution
  Lee Qoede and the Global Currents of Muralism in Asia. The College of Mexico (El Colegio de México), Museum of Modern Art of the State of Mexico (Museo de Arte Moderno del Estado de México)and Museo Kaluz, August 20-22.
  
  "Book Talk: Art, War and Exile in Modern Korea." Art Mora, Ridgefield, NJ, July 11.

  Organizer and Presenter, Panel: “The Red Complex and Exile: Unveiling Hidden Histories in Modern Korean Art: “Bridging Continents: The Overlooked Influence of Mexican Muralism on Lee Qoede’s Art.”Association for Korean Studies in Europe Conference, Edinburgh, UK, June 19–22.

  “Art, War, and Exile in Modern Korea: Rethinking the Life and Work of Lee Qoede.”

  53rd Street Library, New York Public Library, New York, June 7.

  “Art Across Borders: Lee Qoede and the Legacy of Mexican Muralism in Modern Korea.” The Korea Society, New York, NY, June 5.

  “Beyond Borders: Lee Qoede’s Post-Defection Journey in Mural Art and Transnational Influence.” Institute of Art History, University of Wrocław, Poland, May 22–23, 2025

  “Rediscovering Lee Qoede: A Hidden Master of Korean Modern Art.” American Association of Teachers of Korean Spring Colloquium, online, April 11.

  “Art Without Borders: Reevaluating Lee Qoede’s Legacy in Modern Korean Art.”2025 Korean Cultural Society of Boston, Korean Heritage Symposium, April 3

  Chair, panel: “Peace and Reconciliation Through Museum Activism: On the Wong Avery Asia Pacific Peace Museum.”Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, March 13–16.

  Organizer and Presenter, Panel: “Divided Canvas: Ideological Impact on Korean Art from Liberation to Cold War”Paper: “Artistic Camaraderie: The Cross-Cultural Exchange Between Lee Qoede and Rina Lazo.”Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, March 13–16.

  2024

  “Crafting Modernity: Korean Men's Hats.” Old Korean Legation Museum, Washington, D.C., November 15.

  “Hats Make the Korean Man.” Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, October 19.

  “Art for the People: Global Narratives.” American Curators for Asian Art Forum, Walter Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, July 19.

  “Pyongyang’s Revolutionary Art Scenes: Unraveling the Threads of Cultural Diplomacy and the International Socialist Movement” and “From Mexico to Pyongyang: Revealing Cultural Exchanges Between Mexican Muralists and Lee Qoede.” Association of Asian Studies Conference, Seattle, WA, March 14.

  2023

  “Decoding the Archaic Beauty in Park Dae Sung’s Art.” University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, October 26.
  
  “Lee Quede: The Art of the Mural.” American Curators for Asian Art Forum. Harvard Art Museum, Boston, October 11.
  
  “History of the Korean Art Collection at Peabody Essex Museum Through a Bowler Hat.” Association of Asian Studies Conference, Boston, March 16.

  2022   
  “Rethinking Contemporary Ink Art Through Park Dae Sung.” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, November 1.

  “Everything New Is Old Again: How Park Dae Sung’s Archaic Beauty Paintings Reinvent the Past.” Harvard University, Boston, October 28.

  “Visual Journals from Korea: The Early Twentieth-Century Prints of Elizabeth Keith, Lilian May Miller, and Paul Jacoulet.” East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, |September 28.

  “Exile and the Reinvention of Modernism by Defector Artists, 1957–1968.” Association of Asian Studies Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 27.

  2021   
  “A Rare Crossing: Lee Quede, Diego Rivera, and the Influence of Mexican Muralism.” 30th Biennial Association for Korean Studies in Europe Conference, La Rochelle, France, October 28–31.

  2019               

  “Modern and Contemporary Korean Art:—Continuity and Transformation.’ Korean Art History Workshop. Harvard University, Boston, December 5–6.
  “Bodies in Terror: Visual Representation of the Korean War in Modern Art.” 29th Biennial Association for Korean Studies in Europe Conference, Rome, Italy, April 11–14.

  2018

  “From Head to Toe: Representations of Modern Masculinity in Colonial Korea.” Asian Studies Conference Japan, Tokyo, Japan, June 30–July 1.

  “Buddhology: Buddhism in the Digital Era.” American Curators of Asian Art Forum. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, May 1–3.

  2017   
  “About the Charles B. Wang Center.” American Curators of Asian Art Forum. Museo Nacional de las Culturas, Mexico City, May 16–19.

  “Lee Quede: A Forgotten Modernist in the Vortex of Ideological Conflict.” Association of Asian Studies Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 19.

  2016   

  “Porcelain Stories: The Legacy of the 16th-Century Pottery War Between Korea and Japan.” Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX, July 7.