Asian American Artists

In light of the recent increase in hate crimes and general discrimination against Asian Americans, here are galleries and descriptions of art by American artists of Asian heritage that have had large and lasting impact on Western media. 

Smithsonian gallery #1:  https://www.si.edu/spotlight/asian-american-arts-artists

Smithsonian gallery #2: https://americanart.si.edu/art/highlights/asian-american

2020 New York Times article on 11 self-portraits and experiences of Asian Americans: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/coronavirus-race-artists-asian-american-identity.html

Image: Fire by Yayoi Kusama, born Matsumoto, Japan 1929 

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Benton and The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation