Shao Yiyang

Professor of Art history and Theory, Deputy Dean of School of Humanities, at Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, and member of Chinese CIHA executive committee. She received her Ph.D in art history and theory in 2003, from the University of Sydney, and master’s degree at the University of Western Sydney. Her teaching and research focuses on Western art history, theory and Chinese modern/contemporary art. She has published widely on art history and theory in Chinese including three books Art After Postmodern (后现代之后), Beyond Postmodern (穿越后现代), and Modern European Art History Since 17th century (西方美术史, 从17世纪到现当代). She presented papers on Chinese modern art at the 32nd CIHA Congress in Melbourne (2008), 33rd CIHA Congress in Nuremburg (2012), and the 29th art history conference organized by Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker (Association of German Art Historians) in Regensburg, 2007.