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,