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Dr Olivier Krischer

Lecturer
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Art & Design

I am an art historian and curator interested in the art of East Asia (Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) and Asian Australian diasporas. I also have an interest in photography history and theory, especially related to Asian and diasporic photographies. I've studied and lived in East Asia for around a decade, and speak Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and French.
E-mail
o.krischer@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2019
    , 2019, Zhang Peili: From Painting to Video, Krischer O, (ed.), ANU Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/zp.2019
  • Book Chapters | 2025
    Chen S; Krischer O; Lee W-I, 2025, 'Sightlines: Taiwanese Photography Publications from the 1970s to 1980s—A Conversation with Lee Wei-I', in Chen S; Krischer O (ed.), Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s, http://dx.doi.org/10.25911/7PYK-1M70
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Chen S; Krischer O; Yao J-C, 2025, 'Photography and Contemporary Art in 1990s Taiwan: A Conversation with Yao Jui-Chung', in Chen S; Krischer O (ed.), Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s-80s, http://dx.doi.org/10.25911/7PYK-1M70
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Chen S; Krischer O, 2025, 'Photographies of 1950s–1980s Taiwan: ‘Wayfaring’ a Field in (Trans)formation', in Chen S; Krischer O (ed.), Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s-80s, http://dx.doi.org/10.25911/7PYK-1M70
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Krischer O, 2025, 'Letting the Past In: Reconciling history in John Young’s 1967Dispersion', in John Young: The History Projects, Power Institute Foundation for Art and Visual Culture, Sydney, pp. 60 - 69, https://publications.powerinstitute.org.au/products/john-young-the-history-projects
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Krischer O, 2025, 'The Medium of History: An Introduction to John Young: The History Projects', in John Young: The History Projects, Power Institute Foundation for Art and Visual Culture, Sydney, pp. 6 - 15, https://publications.powerinstitute.org.au/products/john-young-the-history-projects
  • Edited Books | 2025
    Chen S; Krischer O, (ed.), 2025, Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s, Australian Centre on China in the World, Australian National University, Canberra, http://dx.doi.org/10.25911/7PYK-1M70
    Edited Books | 2025
    Krischer O, (ed.), 2025, John Young: The History Projects, Power Publications, Sydney, https://publications.powerinstitute.org.au/products/john-young-the-history-projects
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Krischer O; Chen S, 2025, 'The Unseen is More Important: On Photography in Taiwan Between the 1950s and 1980s', The Journal of the Asian Arts Society of Australia, 34, pp. 22 - 23, https://www.taasa.org.au/taasa-review/september-2025/
    Journal articles | 2022
    Krischer O; Chen S, 2022, 'Wayfaring: Picturing Self and Society at the end of Taiwan's Martial Law', TAASA Review, 31, pp. 12 - 13, https://taasa.org.au/taasa-review/?ReviewUUID=46b53ad1-8bd4-46d2-8fdf-52e260b73fdf
  • Conference Papers | 2026
    Krischer O, 2026, 'Learning what can’t be taught: Reflections on Zhang Peili and artistic ‘genealogy’ in China and beyond', Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, presented at Instruct & Being Instructed, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 09 September 2026
    Curatorial Outputs | 2025
    Krischer O; Tieu B, 2025, Crafting Life: Stories from the Japanese Studio, exhibited at: Sydney, Australia, 11 April 2025 - 08 November 2025, https://sydney.jpf.go.jp/events/crafting-life/
    Conference Papers | 2025
    Krischer O, 2025, 'The matter of representation: creative interventions in photographic ontology', National Gallery of Singapore, presented at Historical Frames, Current Dialogues: Multidisciplinary Symposium on Photography Studies in Asia, National Gallery of Singapore, 05 April 2025 - 06 April 2024
    Curatorial Outputs | 2024
    Krischer O, 2024, Assembly, exhibited at: Canberra, Australia, 12 February 2024 - 24 May 2024, https://ciw.anu.edu.au/event/assembly
    Creative Written Works | 2021
    Chen S; Krischer O, 2021, Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s-80s Taiwan, Chen S; Krischer O, (ed.), chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ciw.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/2024-03/Wayfaring_A5_Web_0.pdf