Draft:Kejia Wu

Kejia Wu (American) is an art historian and China art market observer.

Education
Wu is a graduate of Yale University and Renmin University of China.

Career
Early in her career Wu was a driving force in the development of a more professional private art scene in Beijing, co-founding the first non-profit art center, East Modern Art Center, in 2001. Internationally acclaimed artists Song Dong, Yin Xiuzhen, and Wu Wenguang all participated in this groundbreaking center. One of the artworks, Dance with Farm Workers, was selected to be shown at the 2015 Venice Biennale.

As an academic she was a member of the faculty and taught at Sotheby's Institute of Art and Claremont Graduate University. She has also lectured at a number of institutions including Columbia University, Council on Foreign Relations, New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, and New York University Shanghai and is often quoted on the topic of China's art market in major media outlets including New York Times, Bloomberg News, South China Morning Post   Since 2012 she has been a trustee of the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture.

Kejia wrote The European Fine Art Foundation 2019 Art Market Report with a special focus on the Chinese Art Market which was widely covered in the media predicting future difficulties for private museums.

She is the author of the first book covering China's modern art market A Modern History of China's Art Market and writes a column for Financial Times Chinese Edition.

In 2019 the Editors of The Art Newspaper China Edition, ArtReview Asia, and LEAP named her the Art Market Observer of the Year