Education
2020- : Ph.D., Art History and Archeology, University of Maryland, College Park
2018-2020: M.A., East Asian Languages and Civilization, University of Pennsylvania
2015-2017: M.A., New Art Journalism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2009-2013: B.A., Chinese Literature and Journalism, Jilin University, China
Scholarships and Awards
2020: Flagship Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park
2018: Merit Award, the 44th Youth Literary Award, Advanced Fiction works category, Hong Kong Culture Council
2013-2015: Feature Story of the Month, Wuxi Daily Media (Eight times in total)
2012: Second-level Scholarship, Changchun Evening News
2010: Best Script, Comedy Show The Physical Examination, Anti-ADIS Sketch Competition, Jilin Province, China
THESIS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Try to Answer the Question “Is Chinese Contemporary Art Chinese?” With an Economic Eye
Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies, 2019
The Elites, The Entertainers, The Romantic Affairs Between Men in the Early Qing Dynasty
Harvard East Asian Society Graduate Conference, 2019
Four: A Novel, New Generations of Chinese Artists in the U.S.,
M.A. thesis, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2017
Francis Bacon: Transfiguration
(Translation, English to Chinese, exhibition catalog, 289 pages including pictures)
The HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, 2016
The Sarcasm of ‘modern nobilities’ in Blue Jasmine,
Movie Literature vol.12, pp.35-38, 2015
Self-inspect and Eventually Counter Attack of Diors (屌丝) in City Films,
Chinese Film vol11, pp.76-78, 2014
Speculation Methods Applied to Entertainment and Gossip in Print Media,
B.A thesis, College of Humanities in Jilin University, 2013
Work Experience and other Professional Practice:
2020- : Graduate Assistant,
Michelle Smith Collaboratory, Department of Art History and Archeology, University of Maryland, College Park
2017: Presenter and Panelist,
This Must Be the Place. Master of Arts in New Arts Journalism Symposium, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2017: Translator,
The Solo Exhibition of Zhang Peili: Record. Repeat, The Art Institute of Chicago
2016-2017: Graduate Assistant,
Writing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2016-2017: Staff Writer, Column Writer,
23 weekly columns in total, art criticism and profile of 23 young Chinese American artists/designers
YouRu Mag, Shanghai China
2015: Guest Speaker,
radio show Model Citizens, Free Radio Chicago
2013-2015: Journalist,
Reporting and feature stories writing daily basis, covering Art/Culture, Social Events,
Wuxi Daily Media, Wuxi/Shanghai China
2012-2013: Journalist,
Reporting and feature stories writing daily basis, covering Art/Culture,
Nanfang Media Group, Guangzhou China
Skills:
Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere
HTML&CSS coding
Microsoft
Letterpress Printing