CHEN Xiaoyang

Ph.D., is currently Executive Deputy director of the Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and professor of the School of Sculpture and Public Art.

Her main research interests include visual anthropology, South China Studies and social participatory art practice. As an interdisciplinary artist and researcher, her research projects and works are mostly based on the history and reality of the hidden communities. She collaborates with volunteer organizations, educational institutions, museums and public welfare organizations through research, writing and local exhibitions. Continue to carry out research, dissemination and cultural reconstruction on the South China region. In recent years, the focus of her work has shifted to exploring new art museum practices and curatorial research from the perspectives of anthropology, cultural history and participatory development, and she is responsible for the exhibition planning and related coordination of the pan-Southeast Asian Studies series.