Sheng Kuan Chung

Sheng Kuan Chung (鍾生官) is Professor of Art Education and Visual Culture in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction of the College of Education at the University of Houston and a practicing artist. He has received national distinguished recognition for his contributions to art education, including the 2014 Edwin Ziegfeld Award from the United States Society for Education through Art and the 2025 AACIG Distinguished Scholar Award and the 2019 J. Eugene Grigsby, Jr. Award, both from the National Art Education Association of the United States. Chung has authored over 80 academic publications in art education and visual culture, circulated nationally and internationally.

Education Chung holds a B.Ed. in Art Education from National Hsinchu Teachers College in Taiwan, an M.A. in Art Education from New York University, and a Ph.D. in Art Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Academic career Chung is a Professor of Art Education and Visual Culture and serves as Art Education Specialization Lead at the University of Houston College of Education, where he has taught for over two decades. Chung serves as an editor for the International Journal of Education Through Art, a publication of the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) published by Intellect Books, and serves as editor-in-chief of Arts & Communication, published by AccScience Publishing. He has also served on the editorial board of Art Education, the official journal of the National Art Education Association.

Awards and recognition 2025: Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Art Education Association's Asian Art and Culture Interest Group

Artistic practice In addition to his academic work, Chung maintains an active artistic practice. His work was selected for exhibition at Lawndale Art Center's "The Big Show" in 2023, juried by Dr. Kanitra Fletcher. In 2022, he received Best of Show at the Texas Art Education Association Annual Members Art Show.

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