I'm available to speak about China and/or Chinese contemporary art to student or interest groups and can tailor a presentation to the needs of your particular sector. My experience includes designing and delivering lectures and workshops for teachers and secondary students; lectures for undergraduate and postgraduate university students in Sydney, London, Melbourne, Shanghai and Beijing; lectures for interest groups; panel discussions; exhibition floor talks and conference presentations and keynotes
During the time of the Covid-19 Pandemic, talks can be delivered using Zoom or other appropriate platforms.
Recent experiences include:
- Guest lectures for MA students at UNSW, Sydney University, China Women's University, Beijing, and Sotheby's Institute, London
- Lecture for TAASA members, Sydney in 2019 and 2021
- Lectures to NGV Members and volunteer guides about the exhibition 'A Fairy Tale in Red Times' in 2019
- Lectures on contemporary Chinese art for the Royal Asiatic Society in Beijing and Shanghai in 2018
- Member of panel discussing Chinese art and culture at Peking University's Yenching Academy Global Symposium in 2018
- Opening talks for solo exhibitions of Yang Yongliang at Sullivan & Strumpf, Sydney, Hu Qinwu, Liu Zhuoquan and Gao Ping at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne and Gao Ping at Vermilion Art, Sydney, and a floor talk for the exhibition of Chinese women artists, 'Sworn Sisters', at Vermilion Art Sydney
- Opening address for an exhibition of works by Shen Jiawei at the University of Western Sydney's Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture in 2018
- Book talks at the Beijing Bookworm (2016)Vermilion Art (2016) and Wollongong Art Gallery (2018)
- Guest lectures for teachers and students at government, Catholic and independent schools (underpinned by more than 30 years' classroom and head teacher experience as well as syllabus design and HSC assessment experience)