Zheng Shengtian (Artist, Scholar, Curator)

Zheng Shengtian is an artist, scholar, and curator based in Vancouver. Before 1990, he was a Professor at the China Academy of Art, where he also served as Chair of the Oil Painting Department. He was a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota and San Diego State University, Secretary of the Annie Wong Art Foundation, Founding Board Director of Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, and the Adjunct Director of the Institute of Asian Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Currently, he is the Managing Editor of Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, a trustee of Asia Art Archive in America, and a Research Fellow at Simon Fraser University. Zheng has organized and curated numerous exhibitions and events, and has frequently contributed to periodicals and catalogues. In 2013, Zheng Shengtian: Selected Writings on Art was published in four volumes by China Academy Press. His latest publications include Sino-Mexican Art and Cultural Exchanges in the Twentieth Century (Cambria Press, 2024) and its Chinese version. In 2011, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for curatorial work by the Vancouver Biennale, and received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2013.  

Chelsea Qianxi Liu (UCCA Chief Curator)

Chelsea Qianxi Liu is Chief Curator at UCCA Center for Contemporary Art and co-curator of the exhibition "Yang Fudong: Fragrant River." She was awarded the Individual Fellowship supported by the Asian Cultural Council in 2023. Prior to joining UCCA, Liu served as curator at Taikang Space and Taikang Art Museum, where her curatorial practice focused on medium issues, historical narratives, and local practices in contemporary art. Previously, she worked at Artforum magazine in New York. She has served as juror and nominator for multiple art awards, including a nominator for the Sigg Prize 2025 at M+ Museum; a shortlist juror for the 8th and 9th Huayu Youth Award; and a nominator for the Jimei x Arles Discovery Award 2018. Her critical and research writings appear in a range of art publications and journals.