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. His research focuses on the innovative integration of emerging digital technologies and social justice frameworks in art education and visual culture. 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 2019: J. Eugene Grigsby, Jr. Award from the National Art Education Association 2014: Edwin Ziegfeld Award from the United States Society for Education through Art
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.
Selected academic publications
Books
Journal articles
Chung, S. K. (in review). Students as theorists: Authorship, human contribution, and cognitive dependency in AI-assisted creative practice. International Journal of Arts Education Chung, S. K., & Waleed, A. (in review). Sculpture, hybridity, and mental health: Beyond cultural determinism in art education. International Journal of Education & the Arts. Chung, S. K., & Waleed, A. (in review). Co-production of creativity with AI in art education. Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art. Chung, S. K., & Waleed, A. (in review). Sculpture as psychological encounter: Materializing mental health. Art Education. Chung, S. K. (2026). Art education as a distributed, relational and lifelong practice [Editorial]. International Journal of Education Through Art, 22(3), 325–329. https://doi.org/10.1386/eta_00250_2 Chung, S. K. (2026). Digital memes as critical visual pedagogy. International Journal of Arts Education, 24(1), 1-26. Chung, S. K., & Cui, Y. (2026). Inflatable public art as environmental pedagogy. Art Education, 79(3), 52–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2026.2691678 Chung, S. K. (2025). AI-enhanced visual analysis: Democratizing access and transforming student learning. International Journal of Arts Education, 23(2), 1-40. Chung, C. C., & Chung, S. K. (2025). Decolonizing digital spaces: A critical framework for AI in culturally responsive art education. International Journal of Arts Education,23(2), 41-94. Chung, S. K. (2025). Art Education for Environmental Advocacy: A Lesson Intervention with AI. International Journal of Arts Education, 23(1), 1-48. Xian, X., & Chung, S. K. (2025). Street sign art as a form of visual communication for increasing critical consciousness, International Journal of Arts Education, 23(1), 81-131.
Book chapters
Published book reviews
Technical reports
References
External links Faculty profile at University of Houston