The School of Art is excited to present Jacqueline Chao as a part of this academic year Visiting Artist Designer and Scholar Series Wednesday, November 3 at 6:00 PM in AJ 225. “Curating Contemporary Asian Art Within Regional and Global Contexts.” 

Jacqueline Chao, senior curator of Asian art at the Crow Museum of Asian Art at The University of Texas at Dallas, will discuss her current and recently curated contemporary art exhibition projects and programs that position works by artists of Asian descent in expanded art historical, theoretical, and philosophical frameworks. In this talk, Chao will present her efforts to raise the profile of contemporary female artists of Asian descent as well as develop new community collaborations.

Jacqueline Chao's curated exhibitions present works ranging from the historical to the contemporary in all media by emerging and established artists from across the globe.

Since joining the Crow Museum in 2016, Chao has curated and organized over twenty exhibitions at the museum. Recently, she was the lead curator for all of the Crow Museum’s gallery re-installations, following the institution’s multi-million dollar renovation and expansion (re-opened in Fall 2018).

Before joining the Crow Museum, she worked at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she taught courses in Asian Art History, and at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she contributed to research on the Chinese painting collection. She also served as Director of Exhibitions and Residencies at Chicago Artists Coalition, she managed all of the exhibition and residency programming, including a year-long artist studio residency (consisting of 11 artists) and a curatorial and artist incubator (consisting of 24 artists and 4 curators).

 

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