Patricia Yu,
Assistant Professor of Art History
Phone: 70078
Pronouns: She/Her
Office Location: Baxter 104
Academic History
- B.A., History, minor Asian Studies, Pomona College
- Ph.D., History of Art, University of California, Berkeley
Academic Focus
Chinese art, Asian art, cross-cultural translation, replication, themed landscapes, cultural heritage.
Courses Taught
- ARHI 150 The Arts of China
- ARHI 151 The Arts of Japan
- ARHI 154 Japanese Prints
- ARHI 186C Topics in Asian Art
Selected Research and Publications
“Fragmented Bodies, Substitute Bodies: Zodiac Heads from the Garden of Perfect Brightness and the Reproduction of Cultural Heritage,” Getty Research Journal, no. 21 (2026).
Co-authored with Nayan Shah, “Enter the Multiverse of Raqib Shaw,” VERSO: The Blog of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, 28 January 2025, https://www.huntington.org/verso/enter-multiverse-raqib-shaw
Book review of Networks of Touch: A Tactile History of Chinese Art, 1790–1840 by Michael J. Hatch, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 23, no. 2 (Autumn 2024), https://doi.org/10.29411/ncaw.2024.23.2.16
“Story of the Western Wing 西廂記 (1640),” Chinese Theater Collaborative, https://chinesetheatercollaborative.org/ctc/the-story-of-the-western-wing--1640 “Mulan (1998),” Chinese Theater Collaborative, https://chinesetheatercollaborative.org/ctc/mulan-1998
“Chinese Gardens in the United States: Past, Present, and Future,” Lotus Leaves 21, no. 1 (Fall 2018): 3–16.
Co-authored with Nayan Shah, “Enter the Multiverse of Raqib Shaw,” VERSO: The Blog of the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, 28 January 2025, https://www.huntington.org/verso/enter-multiverse-raqib-shaw
Book review of Networks of Touch: A Tactile History of Chinese Art, 1790–1840 by Michael J. Hatch, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 23, no. 2 (Autumn 2024), https://doi.org/10.29411/ncaw.2024.23.2.16
“Story of the Western Wing 西廂記 (1640),” Chinese Theater Collaborative, https://chinesetheatercollaborative.org/ctc/the-story-of-the-western-wing--1640 “Mulan (1998),” Chinese Theater Collaborative, https://chinesetheatercollaborative.org/ctc/mulan-1998
“Chinese Gardens in the United States: Past, Present, and Future,” Lotus Leaves 21, no. 1 (Fall 2018): 3–16.
Awards and Honors
- Long-Term Research Fellowship, Mellon Fellow, The Huntington, San Marino, CA, 2024–2025
- Graduate Intern, Getty Research Institute Publications, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, CA, 2020–2021
- Mellon Graduate Curatorial Intern, Asian Export Art Department, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, Fall 2018
- Pre-doctoral Fellowship, “Iconoclasm and Vandalism,” Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 2017–2018
Resume (CV)
Assistant Professor Art History, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, 2021–2025
Adjunct Professor of Asian Art, University of San Francisco, CA, Spring 2020
Collections Data Specialist, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, 2009–2011
Conservation Intern, Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, Summer 2008
Collections Intern, Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship, Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Summer 2007
Adjunct Professor of Asian Art, University of San Francisco, CA, Spring 2020
Collections Data Specialist, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, 2009–2011
Conservation Intern, Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, Summer 2008
Collections Intern, Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship, Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Summer 2007