Guo Xiaoyan & Emma Guo
Curators at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art.
Guo Xiaoyan is curator at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. Previously the head of the curatorial department of Guangdong Museum of Art (from 2002-2007), she achieved major exhibitions of contemporary artists from China and abroad (in collaboration with Hou Hanru, Hans-Ulrich Obrist for the “2nd Guangzhou Triennial” and the”D-lab”, Contemporary Art Exhibition in Northeast China, for instance). She wrote extensively on artists issues. Guo Xiaoyan also worked as co-curator with Colin Chinnery and Pi Li for the Aftershock-Contemporary British art 1990-2006 (2006) exhibition and for City -Net Asia, Seoul Museum of Art (2007). In 2007 she received a Curatorial Excellence award by ACC(Asian Culture Center).
Emma Guo is assistant curator at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. She curated exhibition-related programs (panel discussion, artists talk and film screenings) including ’85 New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, LAWRENCE WEINER in 2007. She worked as an assistant curator for Asia-net City, Seoul Museum of Art, Oct. 2007.