MISS CHENGEN LI

Biography

I'm pursuing a PhD in Museum Studies at the University of Aberdeen, focusing on the study of art museums in China and their exhibitions, with a particular interest in the historiography of art museums, contemporary art exhibitions, and visitor experience. 

My academic journey includes a Bachelor of Arts in Art History (2013-2017) and a Master of Arts in Museum Studies (2017-2020), both from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

Professionally, I served as an educational coordinator and curatorial assistant in the Department of Public Education and Exhibition at the Guangdong Museum and GAFA Art Museum between 2017 and 2020. My curatorial experience includes leading the inaugural Photography Exhibition of the Foshan City Management Bureau in 2017 at the 39 Art Centre in Foshan, China. Additionally, I contributed as a curatorial volunteer at the Times Museum in Canton, assisting in exhibitions like Roman Ondák's "Storyboard" in 2015 and TSAI Ming-Liang’s "Stray Dogs at the Museum" in 2017.

Editor:

Story of Chinese Traditional Painting, Guangzhou: Guangdong Public Press, 2020 (co-edited with Hui C., Yi Z., and Peiting M.)

Catalogue of Durian Durian: the First T-SEAsia Triennial, to be published in 2024, Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

Publication:

Chengen Li, "The History of Early Art Galleries in Guangdong: Taking the Art Department of Guangzhou Municipal Museum as an Example", Journal of Arts and Folklore, 2023, No.3, pp. 93-100. Doi:CNKI:SUN:YSMS.0.2023-03-013.

To be Published：

"Enlightening the Wilderness: The Early Development of the Modern Art Museum Business in Guangdong", at the Third Phase of the International Academic Forum of the  “Trans-Southeast Asia Triennial Exhibition": Geography and Post History, July 08-09, 2023, Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

"Presenting and Visiting: When Participatory Art Enters the Art Museum", to be included in the upcoming issue of New Art Museum Studies, published by Guangxi Normal University Press.