Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts Asia
Generating new artistic understandings
Granted our established track record of intercultural exchange, we are relaunching from the Centre for Chinese Visual Art to Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts Asia, whilst maintaining primary roots in China. Furthering its transcultural dialogues by questioning the existing histories of contemporary arts, CCVA Asia fosters innovative ways of thinking and modes of knowledge in the globalised art world.
CCVA Asia aims to generate new understandings and perspectives of Asian contemporary arts, design, media and culture through interdisciplinary practices and theoretical studies. With extensive regional to international partnerships, CCVA Asia brings together artists, designers, curators and researchers to share expertise, exchange and innovate.
Conferences and Journal
Find out moreProjects and Exhibitions
Find out moreMembers and Partners
Find out moreAbout the Centre
Find out moreCCVA Asia PhD Forum 2025
This CCVA Asia PhD Forum is designed as a UK-wide platform to support PhD students further, enhance intellectual exchanges of ideas and critical debates, expand participation of young generation scholars, and celebrate our achievement of up-to-date doctoral research.
Our video seminar series
The Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts Asia has hosted a number of seminars covering a broad range of artistic areas.
Beyond Calligraphy: New Approaches in Contemporary Times
This conference on 15th-16th October 2026 welcomes papers that can advance critical analysis and broaden multidisciplinary perspectives on the emergence of these new forms of calligraphy and writing practises in contemporary China. Deadline for papers is 2nd February 2026.
