Yiran Chi is a PhD student in the Rice University Department of Art History. Their research interests include transnational networks of solidarity in the Global South, decolonial thought, and the intersection of art and technology. Yiran graduated from the University of Chicago with an M.A. degree in Art History and received their B.A. degree in Art History and Film and Media Studies at Northwestern University. Previously, Yiran has worked in curatorial and research positions at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, The Drawing Center, White Columns, and Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
Research Areas
Intersection of art and technology; media aesthetics; transnational histories of the Global South; Third Worldism; Asian American studies
Education
MAPH (Master of Arts Program in the Humanities), Art History, University of Chicago
BA, Art History, Film and Media Studies, Northwestern University
Honors & Awards
2025 - 2026, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Fellowship
2025 - 2026, Rice University Humanities Research Center’s Lectures, Symposia, and Speakers Series Award
2025 - 2026, Rice University Chao Center for Asian Studies Grant for Speaker Series
2025 - 2026, Rice University Art History Graduate Student Invited Speakers Award
2019, J. Carson Webster Prize for Distinguished Honors Thesis, Department of Art History, Northwestern University
2019, Francis L. K. Hsu - John Henry Wigmore Senior Honors Thesis Award, Department of Asian Studies, Northwestern University
