Updated Sept. 4, 2007

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCES

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Curator of East Asian Art, 2007-present

The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio

Kettering Curator of Asian Art, Curator of Asian Art, Associate Curator of Asian Art
1995-2007
Responsible for collection, acquisition recommendation, interpretive programs, research for Asian art, which includes painting, sculpture, prints and decorative arts from 2500 BCE through the 20th century. Responsible for organizing exhibitions, developing programs, managing projects, research and publication. Cultivate both donors and collectors. Provide lectures to docents and students. Supervise assistants and volunteers.
Curated the exhibition "Glory of the Silk Road: Art from Ancient China," featuring 176 artworks from 14 museums and archaeological institutes in Beijing, Shaanxi, Gansu and Xinjiang. Responsible for planning, developing and implementing exhibition, including contract negotiation, project management, research, interpreting, venue search, grant application, and budget management. Responsible for planning and publishing the exhibition catalogue. Contracted with seven authors for the project. (1999-2003)

Organized the symposium "Recent Discoveries and Research on the Silk Road" in conjunction with the exhibition "Glory of the Silk Road." Developed symposium concepts and agenda. Collaborated with national and international academic speakers on topics and the education department on logistics. Raised funds for symposium travel and events. (2003)

Coordinate the museum's biannual exhibitions on recent acquisitions. Work closely with curators and registrars on selecting artwork, research and interpreting. Provide articles for DAI's website and Members' Quarterly. (2004-present)

Worked as an in-house curator on the traveling exhibition "Shaped with a Passion: The Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Collection of Japanese Contemporary Ceramics from the 1970s." Secured additional loans of Charles Freer's Japanese ceramics from the Indianapolis Museum of Art. (2000)

Curated the exhibition "Eternal China: Splendors from the First Dynasties," featuring 115 Qin and Han dynasty sculptures from 10 museums and archaeological institutes in Shaanxi Province, China. Responsible for planning, developing, contract negotiating, research, venue search, grant application and budget management. Responsible for planning and publishing the exhibition catalogue. (1996-98)

Responsible as a curator for a major renovation project of Asian Wing featuring Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian and Southeast Asian galleries with 7,500 square feet and more than 340 works on display. Worked closely with the staff on planning, gallery layout, casework, installation, interpretation and publication. (1995-97)

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

Mellon Foundation Intern in Asian Art and Library Collection Specialist
1992-1995
Responsible for research and publication for Chinese Changsha ceramics in the collection of IMA. Worked closely with the curator, conservators, editor and graphic designer on the collection handbook "Changsha Ceramics featuring gifts from Dr. and Mrs. Wally Zollman and Keith Uhl Clary." (1993)

Studied IMA's renowned collections of Chinese and Japanese ceramics, Chinese painting and jade, Japanese prints and printed books, and Asian textiles. Catalogued the collection and documented the inventory. Classified Asian slides and assisted with Asian book cataloguing. (1992-95)

Assisted the curator and conservators with research, interpreting and installing the traveling exhibition "Tales of Japan: Three centuries of Japanese painting from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin." (1992)

Minnesota Museum of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Conducted research for the exhibition "Delighted Garden: Chinese and Japanese Painting Collection in the Minnesota Museum of Art. (1991)


PUBLICATIONS

"Glory of the Silk Road: Art from Ancient China" (general editor and co-author).
The Dayton Art Institute, 2003

"Eternal China: Splendors from the First Dynasties" (general editor and co-author).
The Dayton Art Institute, 1998

"Selected Works from The Dayton Art Institute Permanent Collection" (co-author).
The Dayton Art Institute, 1997

Members Quarterly (contributor). The Dayton Art Institute, 1998-present

"Changsha Ceramics: Featuring gifts from Dr. and Mrs. Wally Zollman and Keith Uhl Clary" (co-author). Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1993


AWARDS, HONORS AND GRANTS

The Kettering Curator of Asian Art at The Dayton Art Institute, Kettering Fund, 2005

National Endowment for the Humanities consultant for the renovation project of the Asian Galleries, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2004-2005

Ohio Humanities Grant to support the symposium "Recent Discoveries and Research on the Silk Road," Ohio Humanities Council, 2003

Symposium Grant, Tang Foundation, 2003

Federal Indemnity Grant for "Glory of the Silk Road," Federal Council for the Arts and Humanities, 2003

Getty Curatorial Research Fellowship for "Glory of the Silk Road," Getty Grant Program, 2001-2002

Curatorial Fellowship for Korean Art Studies, Korea Foundation, 1999-2001, 2005

Federal Indemnity Grant for "Eternal China," Federal Council for the Arts and Humanities, 1998

Mellon Foundation Intern in Asian Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1992-1993

National Endowment for the Arts Grant for the catalogue "Changsha Ceramics," Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1993

Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, 1990

Fellow, University of Minnesota, 1988-1989


EDUCATION

M.A. in History of Art, Department of Art History, University of Minnesota, 1991
Master's thesis: "Fenollosa and the Revival of Japanese Art"

B.A. in English language and Management, Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute, 1983

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