Wang Chunchen
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| 王春辰 (in Chinese) | |
Photographic portrait of Wang Chunchen
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| Born | 1964 |
| Alma mater | Central Academy of Fine Arts |
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| Employer | Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum |
| Awards | China Contemporary Art Award (CCAA) Critics Award (2009) |
Wang Chunchen (Chinese: 王春辰, born 1964 in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province[1]) is a Chinese curator, critic, and art historian.[2] He has been described as "one of China's most distinguished curators, art critics and historians".[3]
Wang was educated at the Central Academy of Fine ArtsinBeijing, China.
Dr Wang is employed by the Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, formerly the CAFA Art Museum, where he is Head of the Department of Curatorial Research.[4] He is engaged in modern art history and contemporary art theory and criticism.[2]
In 2012, Wang was hired as a special adjunct curator to curate Chinese contemporary art exhibitions by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art MuseumatMichigan State University in the United States,[2][4][3] the first Chinese curator to be so employed at an America art museum.[5] In 2013, he was appointed as curator of the Chinese pavilion at the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia and deputy principal editor of the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art in the United Kingdom. He is also the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Contemporary Art Series, published by Springer.
Wang has written and translated the following books:[6][7][4]
Wang received the 2009 China Contemporary Art Award (CCAA) Critics Award.[4] In 2011, he was funded by the Overseas Training Project of Chinese Young Artist Theorists to investigate the development status of art museums in the United States. In 2012, he was selected to participate in the Art Management Project co-organized by the British Council for Cultural Exchange and the Chinese Ministry of Culture, visiting the Royal College of Art and East Anglia University in the United Kingdom.
Wang has curated the following exhibitions in China and elsewhere:[4]
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