Mr Cai Guo-Qiang
Mr Cai is renowned for his large-scale installations and signature “explosion events”. His artistic approach draws on a wide variety of symbols, narratives, and materials. He has collaborated with eminent artists and experts from various creative disciplines. Cai was short-listed for the Hugo Boss Prize, and was awarded the 48th Venice Biennial International Golden Lion Prize, the Alpert Award in the Arts and the Best Exhibition and Best Installation from the International Curators Association. He is repeatedly listed among the UK journal ArtReview’s Power 100. He was curator of the first China Pavilion at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, and has had solo exhibitions and projects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and Deustche Guggenheim, Berlin. Cai is currently a core member of the creative team and Art Director of Visual and Special Effects for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
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Professor Jao Tsung-I
A distinguished scholar and highly respected figure in Sinology, Professor Jao was former Reader in the Department of Chinese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Visiting Research Professor at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in France, and a Chair Professor of the Literature Department at the University of Kyoto. He is widely acknowledged as an historian, archaeologist, translator, poet, painter and calligrapher, and expert on Chinese musical instruments: he has published over 500 papers and 60 books. The Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole at the University of Hong Kong has been established to acknowledge the generous donation of his valuable collection of over 20,000 books and pieces of art.
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Professor Li Xue Qin
Professor Li is a distinguished Chinese historian, well respected for his knowledge of ancient bronzes and his interest in the archaeological study of the pre-Qin dynasties. He is a prominent expert in Chinese epigraphy, texts, archaeology, and history. He has published over 600 research papers, and is the author of a number of books including Chinese Bronzes: A Brief Introduction, Eastern Zhou and Qin Civilizations, and The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective. He is Head of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Civilizations at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Director of the Institute of Sinology at Tsinghua University.
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Mr Lin Hwai-min
Founder and Artistic Director of the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Mr. Lin Hwai-min is one of the most renowned contemporary choreographers. He draws his inspiration from Asian cultures and aesthetics to create works with contemporary resonance, which have prompted the Dance Europe magazine to acclaim: “No company in the world dances like Cloud Gate. It presents a distinct and mature Chinese choreographic language. The importance of this evolution in Asian dance is no less profound than the impact of Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt on European classical ballet.” Mr. Lin holds Honorary Doctorates from Hong Kong Baptist University, National Taiwan University and National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. A two-time winner of the National Award for Arts in Taiwan, he has also received the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Department of Culture of New York City, and the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award. In 2005, he was celebrated by TIME magazine as one of Asia’s Heroes.
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Professor Pai Hsien-yung, Kenneth
Professor Pai is an internationally acclaimed writer. He is Emeritus Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and Honorary Professor at the Chinese Department of The University of Hong Kong. His publications include extensive collections of short stories and novels, including Taipei People and Crystal Boys. Many of Professor Pai’s works have been translated into other languages and adapted for the small and large screens. He is dedicated to promoting Kun Opera to the younger generation through touring performances of the modernized version of the classic Peony Pavilion, which he has developed with the Suzhou Kunqu Opera House.
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Mr Shan Guo Lin
Mr Shan is Head of the Chinese Painting Department at the Shanghai Museum. He is highly regarded in the study and authentication of Chinese calligraphy and paintings, and has curated numerous exhibitions at museums in China, Japan, France, and the United States. He has published many research papers and books on Chinese painting history, including Chinese Paintings from the Shanghai Museum.
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Professor Sun Ji
Professor Sun is a Research Fellow at the National Museum of China, and is a member of the National Cultural Relics Appraisement Commission and the Central Research Institute of Culture and History of China. He is a prominent expert in Chinese cultural relics and has published many books on the subject, including The Annals and Illustrations of Chinese Material Culture of the Han Dynasty, Chinese Cultural Relics and Issues of Cultural Exchange between East and West, and The Traditional Chinese Costumes and Textiles Journal.
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Ms Vivienne Tam
An internationally acclaimed fashion designer, Ms Tam is known for her signature style in presenting oriental elements with a modern edge. Her creative philosophy embraces tolerance, global acumen and individual expression. A longstanding dedication to innovation and exotic imagery, she is truly one of the world’s most passionate and symbolic designers in fashion today. Ms Tam created a number of distinguished collections including the venerable Buddha collection. The “Mao” collection even crossed over triumphantly from the fashion world into the art world. Some pieces of the collections were incorporated into the permanent archives of the Andy Warhol Museum, The Museum at FIT, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Mr Tan Dun
The conceptual and multifaceted composer/conductor Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the world's music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries between classical and modern, and between East and West. A winner of today's most prestigious honors — the Grawemeyer Award for classical composition, Grammy Award, Academy Award (Oscar) for the “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” film score, and Musical America's "Composer of The Year" — Tan's music has been played throughout the world by leading orchestras, opera houses, international festivals, and on radio and television. Recent compositions include a new opera, The First Emperor, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera of New York. In the 1980's, Tan was the leading composer of the “New Wave” of contemporary music in China. He moved to New York in 1986 upon receiving a scholarship from Columbia University, where he completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree. He is now based in New York.
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Professor Wan Qing Li
An internationally renowned art historian and artist, Professor Wan taught at the Department of Fine Arts of The University of Hong Kong for seventeen years, before he was appointed founding Director and Chair Professor of the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, in 2006. He has published more than 10 books, including the recent A History of 19th Century Chinese Painting, which is recognized as a classic work and a major contribution to the field. In the past twenty years, he has held seven solo exhibitions of his paintings and calligraphy at well known art galleries and museums in the United States, China and Hong Kong.
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Professor Wu Hung
Professor Wu is the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor in Chinese Art History at the University of Chicago and Consulting Curator at the Smart Museum of Art. Previously, he was a Professor of Art History at Harvard University from 1987 to 1994. His research interests encompass traditional and contemporary Chinese art. In 1999, he curated the groundbreaking exhibition Transience: Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the Twentieth Century at the Smart Museum of Art. He is a prolific writer and his writings have received a number of awards. The Wu Liang Shrine: The Ideology of Early Chinese Pictorial Art won the Association for Asian Studies’ 1990 Joseph Levenson Prize for the best book in Chinese studies (traditional). Monumentality in Early Chinese Art and Architecture was selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Publication in 1996 and was nominated in 1999 by Artforum as one of the ‘Best Books of the 90s’.
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Professor Zhang Zhong Pei
Professor Zhang was Deputy Dean of the Research Centre of Jilin University and a former Director of the Palace Museum. He is currently a professor at the Palace Museum, a Member of the National Archaeology Expert Panel, and Vice Director of the China Society of Archaeology. He is a respected archaeologist who has written authoritative publications on the subject and has led many archaeological research and excavation projects in China. He has also participated in academic conferences and lectured as a visiting professor all over the world, including Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, France, the United States and throughout China.
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