Education Background：
2022-2023 PGcert Creative Education, University for the Creative Arts, UK
2006-2009 MA in Fine Arts, Xiamen University
2008 Visiting Research, Aberystwyth University Arts Centre, Wales, UK
2007 Visiting Research, Sandberg Institute, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2000-2004 BA in Fine Arts, Xiamen University
Working Experience：
2024-Present Executive Director of Open Museum, Institute of Creativity and Innovation, Xiamen University
2023-Present Fellow of the Higher Education Academy（FHEA), UK
2022-Present Director of Collaboration Center, Institute of Creativity and Innovation, Xiamen University
2021-Present Instructor in Visual Communication Design, Institute of Creativity and Innovation, Xiamen University
2012-2021 Executive Director, C-PLATFORM Institute (NPO)
2017-2019 Appointed Curator, Guangdong Museum of Art (National Key Museum)
2009-2011 Curator, Department of Curatorial and Research, Guangdong Museum of Art
Research Interests：
Contemporary Art and Visual Culture, Art Museum and Curatorial Narrative, Socially Engaged Practice, Visual Communication Design, Creative Education
Academic Practice (selected)：
As a researcher, curator, designer and educator, he focuses on developing interdisciplinary explorations and practices of art, design, and technology in contemporary contexts, with the issue around "connecting nature, culture and sustainable future". Through different ways and forms such as research, curation, design and education to link thoughts and stimulate social energy. He has been involved in curating various projects in art museums, urban and rural communities and natural fields in China and abroad, including the XI·Art Museum Generative Project, 2020-2021; Organic Theater, Van Eyck Food Art Film Festival on Tour, 2018; Phu2-Su6, After the Ebb of Jimei×Arles International Photo Festival, 2016/2017;etc.The design projects he directed have received and been accepted by important international design awards and documents such as the DNA Paris Design Awards 2021, the Bienal del cartel Bolivia 2021, and the 12th APD Asia-Pacific Design Yearbook.The students he has instructed have been recognized by the world's leading academics such as Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, The Glasgow School of Art and Musashino Art University.
He has long been involved in academic exchanges and invited to be the Expert & Consultant Panel Member of Jimei×Arles International Photo Festival, 2020-2023. the Moderator of the 10th Three Shadows Photography Award Symposium·Xiamen, 2018, and the Commentator/ the Forum Moderator of the Guangzhou Image Triennial, 2017, etc. His practical explorations have been supported by the DutchCulture, the Mondrian Foundation of the Netherlands, the British Council, and the Wales Arts International.
