LibGuides: Resources in Art and Architecture on the Web: Asian American Art

Asian American Art

A3 Foundation
"Nonprofit supporting emerging Asian American artists in the media founded in 2012 by early Facebookers, Philip Fung, Julia Lam, and Franklyn Chien, who met on a mission to make the world more social."
Artasiaamerica
"A professional digital archive of Asian / Asian American contemporary visual artists."
Asian American Arts Alliance
"Nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring greater representation, equity, and opportunities for Asian American artists and cultural organizations."
Asian American Arts Centre
"Our mission is to promote the preservation and creative vitality of Asian American cultural growth through the arts, and its historical and aesthetic linkage to other communities."
Asian American Portraits of Encounter
"This exhibition displays the diversity of contemporary Asian American identity through the groundbreaking work of seven visual artists." Smithsonian site.
Asian American Studies Primary Sources
Subject guide from the University of Southern California Libraries.
Asian American Women Artists Association
"Our mission is to advance the visibility and recognition of Asian American women in the arts."
Asian Arts Initiative
"Advances racial equity and understanding, activates artists, youth, and their communities through creative practice and dialogue grounded in the diverse Asian American experience."
Bibliography of BIPOC Artists, Collectors, and Dealers
Frick Art Reference Library’s research guide to artists, collectors, and dealers of underrepresented identities in their collections, including those who are Black, Indigenous, Asian, and Hispanic and Latinx.
Calisphere: Japanese-American Relocation Digital Archive
Archive of images from California institutions.
George and Frank C. Hirahara Photograph Collection, 1943-1945
Over 1000 photos related to the incarceration of Japanese-Americans at Heart Mountain Relocation Center. From Washington State University Libraries.
Howe (James Wong) San Francisco's Chinatown
1940s era photographs from UC Berkeley Library.
Kango Takamura Paintings, 1942-1945
Watercolor paintings created by Takamura at Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. From UCLA.
Martin Wong Catalogue Raisonné
Detailed records of over 800 works of art, interviews, and new essays.
Online Archive of California: Asian American Collections
Image and text collections.
Shades of LA Photo Collection
"An archive of over 7,000 photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were taken from family albums." From Los Angeles Public Library.
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Art by Asian Americans
Page of resources about mostly contemporary Asian American art works in the collection.
Smithsonian: Asian American Artists and Selected Works
Mostly contemporary artists and works from the various Smithsonian museums.
South Asian American Digital Archive: Arts
Organization that gives voice to South Asian Americans.
Southeast Asian Digital Archive
"A community-centered archive of cultural heritage materials from Southeast Asian American communities in the greater Lowell, Mass., region."
Women Artists of the American West: Asian American Artists
Collection of images and texts by twelve artists who live in the American west.
Yoshiko Uchida Photos
From UC Berkeley Library.

Nam June Paik. Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii. 1995. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist. (c) Nam June Paik Estate.