Chao Jiaxing
Shanghai, China
Chao Jiaxing is an independent curator and researcher based in Shanghai. Her curatorial interests focus on cross-disciplinary art practices and rituals as methods in contemporary East Asian art, mainly shown on her on-going curatorial project series “Rituals in the Rituals of Future.” In 2019, she was awarded the ACC Residency Fellowship at the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, South Korea, and also received a Travel Grant to attend the CIMAM 2019 Annual Conference in Sydney. In 2022, she received the Research Trip Grant from Pro Helvetia, and participated in the Tokyo Arts and Space Research Residency. In 2021, she edited the publication “Under Construction: A History of Shanghai Art Institutions, 2008-2016.” Her most recent exhibitions include “Two Stops after Golden Tea Room,” Ulsan Art Museum, South Korea, “A Story of a Merchant”, co-curated with X Zhu-Nowell at Kurimanzutto, Mexico. Additionally, she served as a mentor for the Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize in 2023.
