James Xue

Research Assistant

LIVES AND WORKS IN

New York, U.S.

 

  

EDUCATION

2026

MA in Modern and Contemporary Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies (MODA), Columbia University

2023

BA in Visual Arts: History, 

  Theorem, and Criticism with departmental honors, UC San Diego

 

ROLE AT THE FQM

Research Assistant

 

 


 

James Xue centers his research on contemporary Chinese and Chinese diasporic art and theory. Engaging with postmodern and decolonial methods, his research investigates the construction and politicization of visibility, accessibility, and individuality in contemporary visual arts and transnational exhibitions. 

 

James is a Kathryn Wasserman Davis Fellow at Columbia University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and an editor-in-chief at MODA Critical Review.

 

 

CONTRIBUTED TO

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