Dr. Melissa Chiu

Dr. Melissa Chiu is Museum Director and Vice President, Global Art Programs, Asia Society in New York where she has worked since 2001. Previously, she was Founding Director of the Asia-Australia Arts Centre in Sydney, Australia (1996-2001). Chiu earned an M.A. in Arts Administration (1994) and a PhD (2005) in Art History in her native Australia. 

As a leading authority on Asian contemporary art, she has organized nearly 30 exhibitions of artists from across Asia including China. She has delivered papers and given lectures at Yale University, Harvard University and so on. She is the author of books including Breakout: Chinese Art Outside China (2007), and Chinese Contemporary Art: 7 Things You Should Know (2008).

Dr. Chiu is Vice President of the Association of Art Museum Directors and has served on grant and policy advisory committees for national, state and city governments.

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