YANG Zi

Yang Zi is an independent curator. He received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and religious studies from Nanjing University. In 2020, he was awarded the first Sigg Fellowship for Chinese Art Research; he was the jury member of 2020 Gallery Weekend Beijing; in 2019 and 2021 he served as one of the primary judges of Huayu Youth Award; he was a finalist for the 2017 Hyundai Blue Prize.

Yang Zi has nearly ten years of experience in art critic writing and curation. In 2011, he served as editor of LEAP, and wrote extensively for a range of publications such as LEAP, Artforum China and the Art Newspaper China. He was the curator and the head of Public Programs in UCCA. He curated numerous exhibitions and public programs, including “The New Normal: Art and China in 2017”, “Pity Party”, “Land of the Lustrous”, “In Younger Days”, “Zhuang Shi”and other projects, as well as solo exhibitions by artists.

Yang Zi is an independent curator based in Beijing. In 2020, he was awarded the first Sigg Fellowship for Chinese Art Research, in 2019 he was a judge of Huayu Youth Award and in 2017 he was a finalist for the Hyundai Blue Prize. He was previously the Curator and Head of Public Programs at the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art and he was also the first Executive Director of the Beijing LGBT Center. Yang Zi has written for various publications, including LEAP, Artforum China and the Art Newspaper China. He is the co-founder of the Beijing Queer Chorus.