Jiawen Li
Supervisors:?Verónica Tello, Shuxia Chen
Jiawen Li is a curator and researcher. She studied at Kyoto University in Japan and the University of Sydney in Australia. She is now a PhD student at the University of New South Wales. Previously, she worked at the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney and with the independent curatorial duo X? Office. Jiawen curated one of the City Projects for the 14th Shanghai Biennale "Cosmos Cinema" at the Power Station of Art and won the Emerging Curator Program Award. In 2024, she was selected as one of the top ten finalists for the Young Curator Project at the Ennova Art Museum.
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Jiawen's research critically examines how contemporary Chinese art is presented in Australian public art institutions, focusing on collection, curatorial strategies, and exhibition display. Through a practice-led curatorial approach, the doctoral study investigates the framing and representation of Chinese art in these institutional contexts.
Curated Exhibitions
- For Those Unseen (未可寻之物), Pu Xiaoyue's solo exhibition, Daowai Space, Guangzhou, including screening Self-Combing: Walking in Echoes at the Guangdong Times Museum, 2024
- Pidgin Spectrum: Nonlinear Narratives of Multicultures, co-curated with Jiawei Zhang, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, one of the city projects for the 14th Shanghai Biennale, Cosmos Cinema, 2023
Art Writings
- Book Review: Rey Chow’s Not Like a Native Speaker: On Languaging as a Postcolonial Experience, ArtReview Chinese Edition Spring 2025
- LI Jiawen: When Bodily Experience Fails in Qiandongnan—Observations from the Baopu Residency Program (李嘉文：当身体经验在黔东南失灵——抱朴艺术驻地观察), Baopu Residency Program, 2025
- If Islands Could Speak: Connections and Resonances of Isolated Lands (如果岛屿会说话：孤立之地的连结与共鸣), The Art Journal 艺术新闻, 2024
- Context & Challenges—How to Exhibit Contemporary Chinese Art Overseas? The Case of the White Rabbit Gallery (语境&困境——如何在海外展出中国当代艺术？以白兔美术馆为例), Wong Bin Zaam, 2024