Hou Hanru, Born in 1963, Guangzhou, China, Graduated from the
Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing (B.A. in 1985, M.A. in 1988), and has
lived and works in Paris since 1990 as an independent critic and curator. He has
been director of exhibitions and public programs, and chair of exhibition and
museum studies at the San Francisco Art Institute since July, 2006. Advisor at
the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Visiting
Professor at HISK, Hoger Instituut voor Shone Kunsten, Antwerp, Beligium.
Recent Main Curator or co-curator of exhibitions
including:
"Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary - Optimism in The Age of Global Wars,
The 10th Istanbul Biennial", Istanbul, 2007
"World Factory," Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute,
January - March 2007
"Each From His Own Side, The Same Destiny" (Yan Pei Ming vs. Adel
Abdessemed), Galerija Mala, Ljubljana, 2006
"Wherever We Go", Espacio Oberdan, Milano, 2006 (co-curator, Gabi Scardi)
"Sarkis, Alive and After," Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art
Institute, 2006
"Laboratoire pour un Avenir Incertain," (in " Force de
l'Art "), Grand Palais, Paris, 2006
