Author: Yurim Oh

Carol Huh, the Associate Curator of Contemporary Asian Art, became the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art’s first curator of contemporary art in 2007. As the curator of contemporary art at the National Museum of Asian Art, Carol Huh focuses on current artistic production related to Asia and the Asian diaspora through exhibitions, acquisitions, and public programs. She spearheaded projects such as the groundbreaking series of contemporary art installations in the Sackler Gallery, and organized Moving Perspectives, the museum’s first series of exhibitions focusing on video art from Asia. Huh is a founding member of the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Committee and a member of the Smithsonian Networks Review Committee. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

A specialist in Chinese antiquities, J. Keith Wilson received his BA in Chinese Studies from Williams College and completed his PhD coursework at Princeton University after receiving MAs in Chinese art and archaeology from both the University of Michigan and Princeton. He was also a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia at the University of Tokyo. He was appointed curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art and chief curator of Asian art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art before joining the staff of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art.

Sunwoo Hwang, Korea Foundation Assistant Curator of Korean Art and Culture, became the first curator of Korean art at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in 2024. Her research interests focus on Korean and Chinese Buddhist art, with a particular emphasis on medieval Buddhist wall paintings and their iconographic significance. Hwang holds an MA in Humanities from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Art History from Dongguk University in South Korea.

Pai Hyungmin, Professor at the University of Seoul, is an architectural historian, critic, and curator. Twice a Fulbright scholar, he received his Ph.D from the History, Theory, and Criticism program at MIT. His numerous publications include The Portfolio and the Diagram, Key Concepts of Korean Architecture, and Sensuous Plan: Architecture of Seung H-Sang. He was artistic director of the inaugural Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism and the 5th Gwangju Folly. He was twice curator of the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, which in 2014, was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Pavilion. His recent work has focused on climate change, particularly the material networks of production, consumption, and waste. His Climate Museum: Life and Death of our Home received the Red Dot Award for its innovative and sustainable exhibition design.

Hong Seon Jang has widely exhibited in solo and group exhibitions including Wellin Museum of Art, NY; SHCM Museum of Art, NY; Socrates Sculpture Park, NY; Meet Factory, Czech Republic; Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA; Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, NY; the Cohen Gallery at Brown University, RI; Smack Mellon, NY; McColl Center for Visual Art, NC; The Soap Factory, MN; The Islip Art Museum, NY; Artspace, CT; Rush Arts Gallery, NYC, and Hangaram Art Museum, South Korea. His awards and residencies include: ISCP Ground Floor Program, AHL-AAW Solo Exhibition Grant, The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, NY; Art Council Korea Grant, Korea; MSA, LA; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME; Tokyo Wonder Site, Artist-In-Residence, Japan; Percent for Art, Public School Art commission, NY; Djerassi, CA; Atlantic Center for the Arts, FL; Newark Museum, NJ; Lower East Side Printshop Special Editions Residency, NY; Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY; Sculpture Space, NY; Bemis Art, NE; Abron Arts Center, NY; The Triangle Artists’ Workshop Program, NY; and Urban Artist Initiative Fellowship. He received his BFA from Dankook University, South Korea and earned his MFA in Imaging Art at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.