Alice Kiwako Ashiwa is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in modern Japanese art and politics. Her research examines avant-garde art and the overlaps between “tradition” and “modern” in relation to the socio-political context of pre to post-WWII.
Field of Study
Japan
Subfield
Postwar Japanese art history and visual culture, Museum and exhibition studies
Degrees
B.A. Anthropology, Oberlin College, 2014
M.A. Art History, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2017
M.A. History, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021
