Asian American and Pacific Islander Artists: Books
Resources at the SVA Library and beyond about and by AAPI artists.
Graphic Novels
Almost American Girl by Publication Date: 2020
The Best We Could Do by Publication Date: 2017
Boxers by Publication Date: 2013
Demon, Volume 1 by Publication Date: 2016
Displacement by Publication Date: 2020
Dragon Hoops by Publication Date: 2020
Ikebana by Publication Date: 2015
Monstress by Publication Date: 2016
Mumu: Monsters of the Motherland by Publication Date: 2020Choz Belen is a Filipino American SVA alum (BFA 2006 Computer Art)
Vietnamerica by Publication Date: 2011
Artist Monographs
Asian American Art by Publication Date: 2008
Sarah Sze: Centrifuge by Publication Date: 2018Sarah Sze is a an American artist of Chinese and Scottish-Irish descent, and is an SVA alum (MFA 1997 Fine Arts)
Isamu Noguchi by Publication Date: 2004
Maya Lin by Publication Date: 2006
Ruth Asawa - Life's Work by Publication Date: 2019
Sweet Oblivion: The Urban Landscape of Martin Wong by Publication Date: 1998
Unsettled Visions by Publication Date: 2009
Yoko Ono by Publication Date: 2013
Nonfiction
Forbidden City, USA by Publication Date: 2015"Forbidden City, USA: Chinatown Nightclubs, 1936-1970" captures the magic and glamour of the Chinese American nightclub scene, which peaked in San Francisco during World War II. Previously unpublished personal stories, along with over four hundred stunning images and rare artifacts, are presented in this sexy and insightful chronicle of Asian American performers who defied racial and cultural barriers to pursue their showbiz dreams.
Envisioning Diaspora, Asian American Visual Arts Collectives by Publication Date: 2009
One Way or Another by Publication Date: 2006
Queering Contemporary Asian American Art by Publication Date: 2017
Godzilla: Asian American Arts Network by Publication Date: 2021A revelatory compendium of writings, art and ephemera on the '90s New York collective that fostered a social space for diasporic Asian artists.
Literature
All You Can Ever Know by Publication Date: 2019
Fantasy by Publication Date: 2020
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Publication Date: 2018
Minor Feelings by Publication Date: 2020
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Publication Date: 2019
The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories by Publication Date: 2020
Little Fires Everywhere by Publication Date: 2017
Ebooks
Asian American History and Culture: an Encyclopedia by Publication Date: 2015
Asian American X by Publication Date: 2004
Drawing New Color Lines by Publication Date: 2014
Flashpoints for Asian American Studies by Publication Date: 2017
Into Performance: Japanese Women Artists in New York by Publication Date: 2005
Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters by Publication Date: 2009
Making Asian American Film and Video by Publication Date: 2015
