curator
Li Zhenhua: mi casa es su casa
born in 1975 in Beijing, China. He currently works in Zurich, Berlin and Hong Kong. Active in the field of contemporary art since 1996, his practice mainly revolves around curation, artistic creation and project management. Currently, he is the curator of light screenings at Art Basel Hong Kong (2014-present), and the recommender of Prix Pictet Photography Festival in Switzerland. He has served as a recommender for the Summer Institute of the Paul Klee Museum in Switzerland, and an international consultant for the British Barbican International Exhibition “Digital Revolution” (2014), etc.
artist
Cheng Ran: make artists rich again
born in 1981 in Inner Mongolia, China. He currently works and lives in Hangzhou. He participated artist residency project in Royal Academy of Visual Arts in the Netherlands in 2013, and founded the art organization Martin Goya Business in 2017. As a representative of China’s new generation of video and cross-media artists, Cheng Ran has been experimenting with different art forms, including film, poetry, drama, novels, installations, etc. At the same time, he is also good at integrating art with the public. The 26-screen video work “Always I Trust (2014)” was starred by Carina Lau and was produced by K11 ART FOUNDATION.
writer
Mian Mian: don't kill yourself, let's have a drink
born in Shanghai, China. She lives in Kathmandu now. In addition to writing, her creative ventures have included contemporary art, electronic music, and film. Her novel and short stories collections been translated into fifteen languages and has been published worldwide. She is the author of the novels Candy, Panda Sex, and Vanishing Act. Her film Short Capitalism was admitted into the film section of Art Basel Hong Kong 2017.
media person and writer
Hung Huang: only stupid people get bored
born in 1961 in Beijing, China. She has published magazines such as “iLOOK” and “TimeOut”; hosted TV talk shows “Adults Are Talking” and “Bright Talk”; starred in the film “Perpetual Motion”; founded China’s first integrated store for original designer brands, BNC. She has written columns for “Sanlian Life Weekly” and published prose collections such as “My Abnormal Life”, “Purposeless Good Life” and “Cheap Philosophy”, as well as novels such as “Miss Zhang”.
artist
chenchenchen: my best contemporary art piece is transforming myself into a collector
born in 1987 in Hangzhou, China. He graduated from the Total Art Department of China Academy of Art with a bachelor’s degree in 2010; Graduated from the Total Art studio of the Inter-media College with a master’s degree in 2013, under the tutelage of Qiu Zhijie; Graduated from the Department of Philosophy of Capital Normal University with a doctor’s degree in 2022, under the tutelage of Professor Chen Jiaying.
photographer
Lin Zhipeng: when all the light comes to you
born in 1979 in Guangdong, China. He graduated from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies with major of financial English. Lin Zhipeng is a photographer and freelancer writer based in Beijing. Created in 2003, his blog “North Latitude 23” where he published everyday pictures accompanied by short texts received millions views and made him famous among the web community. Presented for years in group exhibitions in China and abroad , Lin’s works have also been the object of several solo shows both nationally and internationally ( Delaware Contemporary Museum ; Walther Collection Ulm ; De Sarthe Gallery Beijing ; Stieglitz19 Gallery Antwerp ; M97 Gallery Shanghai, etc). He has published photography books in China, France, Canada, Japan and Italy.
photographer
Pixy Liao: women do have balls … inside
born in 1979 in Shanghai, China. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Liao received her MFA in photography from the University of Memphis in 2008. Her work is often witty and humorous. She uses her photographs, video and installation to call into question stereotypical contemporary concepts such as the nature of “ the couple,” “the artist,” and the “female experience.”
fashion show director
Christine Low: be a blessing, not a burden
born in 1963 in Malaysia, she currently works and lives in Shanghai. A former model who has been walking the runway in Asia and Europe in late 80s till mid 90s, her footprint in the industry has helped shape and mold her into an interesting soul who has eyes for beauty and ears for all sorts of melodies! She is an all-rounded show director and a pioneer in Show Production field in greater China since 1999, and joined Activation Group in 2011 as a partner in charge of the event division in Shanghai. She is an experienced executive director with numerous experiences overseeing a executive/talent/creative team.
photographer and curator
Ruben Lundgren: “Great idea! What’s the budget?”
born in 1983 in the Netherlands. He currently works and lives in Beijing. He graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2011. He made a name within the conceptual photography duo WassinkLundgren with publications as Empty Bottles (2007) and Tokyo Tokyo (2010). FOAM showed a retrospect of their work in 2013.