Carol Yinghua Lu is a

curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...

, art critic and writer who lives and works in

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Early life

Lu was born in

Chaozhou Chaozhou (), alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the Sou ...

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, China, in 1977. Lu graduated from the critical studies programme of

Malmö Art Academy Malmö Art Academy is an art school as part of Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , bud ...

at Sweden’s Lund University in 2005 and served as a China Researcher for

Asia Art Archive Asia Art Archive (AAA) is a nonprofit organisation based in Hong Kong which focuses on documenting the recent history of contemporary art in Asia within an international context. AAA incorporates material that members of local art communities ...

from 2005 to 2007.

Career

Lu is a contributing editor at

Frieze (magazine) ''frieze'' is a contemporary art magazine, published eight times a year from London. History ''frieze'' was founded in 1991 by Frieze Art Fair founders Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover with artist Tom Gidley. A Damien Hirst butterfly painting ...

, a London-based art magazine, co-founder and co-editor of Contemporary Art & Investment magazine, and sits on the editorial board for the Arnolfini Art Center’s Far West magazine. Lu writes essays on contemporary art research for many international art journals and magazines, including e-flux journal, The Exhibitionist, Yishu, and Tate. Her texts on contemporary art have also appeared in many art catalogues, books, publications, and critical readers. Lu's writing focuses on providing documentation of contemporary art trends in Asia, as well as reflection on the impact of political, financial and creative conditions on Asia's artists, critics, curators and gallerists. In 2007 she was one of three curators of the 7th Shenzhen Biennale, titled "''Accidental Message: Art Is Not A System, Not A World''". Lu, along with her colleagues Liu Ding and Su Wei focused on experimental art practice in China since 1989 to 2000 to shape an observation of a local history. From 2009-2010, Lu directed a project space for the Today Art Museum. And in 2011 she curated the project "Little Movements: Self-Practices in Contemporary Art", with Liu Ding initiated, that was exhibited at the OCT Contemporary Art Terminal in Shenzhen, and went on an international tour from 2012. In 2011 Lu was part of the selection panel for the 54th Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale. And in 2012 she was a Co-Artistic Director of ROUNDTABLE: The 9th

Gwangju Biennale The Gwangju Biennale is a contemporary art biennale founded in September 1995 in Gwangju, South Jeolla province, South Korea. The Gwangju Biennale is hosted by the Gwangju Biennale Foundation and the city of Gwangju. The Gwangju Biennale Founda ...

(Korea, 2012) She has curated exhibitions with artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Francesco Clemente,

Béatrice Cussol Béatrice Cussol (born 1970) is a French artist and writer. She was born in Toulouse and received a from the Ecole Pilote Internationale d'Arte et de Recherche. She lives in Paris. Cussol teaches at the École supérieure d'art et design Le Hav ...

, Chen Man, Jan Saudek, Rosemarie Trockel, Andy Warhol, Gao Yu, Zhuang Hui, Chen Shaoxiong, Leng Wen, Yan Xing, Lu Zhengyuan, Martha Rosler, Gao Shiming, the Raqs Media Collective, Hu Fang, and Dan'er. Lu's book on the work of Chinese artist Wang Yin (born 1964) situates his work within the historical context of twentieth-century Chinese painting, as well as broader shifts in modern Chinese culture.

References

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