Melissa Chiu

Museum Director, Asia Society

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Melissa Chiu Biography

Melissa Chiu, Museum Director and Curator for Contemporary Asian and Asian-American art at the Asia Society, has had a long involvement with Asian contemporary art and is recognized as a leading authority in the field. Prior to working at the Asia Society, she served as the founding Director of the Asia-Australia Arts Centre in Sydney, a non-profit contemporary art center devoted to promoting dialogue in the Asia-Pacific region among artists, writers, curators and filmmakers.

Additionally, Ms. Chiu has curated over thirty exhibitions with artists from Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Thailand and Japan, among others. She was a founding member of the Asian Contemporary Art Consortium and a driving force behind the establishment of Asian Contemporary Art Week, which will mark its sixth year in New York next Spring.

Melissa Chiu received her B.A. from the University of Western Sydney and her M.A. from the College of Fine Arts, University of South Wales. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Western Sydney and has authored many artist monographs and conference papers and has published widely in journals, magazines and for exhibition catalogues. Ms. Chiu has been a faculty member of the Rhode Island School of Design where she taught Asian contemporary art and design. She has also served on a number of boards and grant panels, including the New York State Council on the Arts, Museums Grant Committee and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/22/2024.

Melissa Chiu Videos

  • Melissa Chiu: Ai Weiwei's 'New York Photographs' - YouTube
  • Melissa Chiu on The Hirshhorn Museum: Part 1 - YouTube
  • Introduction to Hanging Fire by Melissa Chiu - YouTube

Melissa Chiu Books

  • Contemporary Art in Asia: A Critical Reader
    Contemporary Art in Asia: A Critical Reader
  • Asian Art Now
    Asian Art Now
  • Art and China's revolution / Melissa Chiu and Zheng Shengtian ; with essays by Roderick MacFarquhar ... [et al.]
    Art and China's revolution / Melissa Chiu and Zheng Shengtian ; with essays by Roderick MacFarquhar ... [et al.]

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