HUANG, Shan-Shan
黃姍姍
latest update:2021-12-31
CURATOR PROFILE
Huang Shan Shan is the Director of Jut Art Museum, which is affiliated with JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture in Taipei, Taiwan. Jut Art Museum is also a member of Chinese Association of Museums in Taiwan.
Huang was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1979. After completing a BFA from Department of Fine Arts in the National Taiwan Normal University, she obtained her Master's degree in Culture Resource Studies and completed all credits of the corresponding PhD program at the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
During her postgraduate studies, she accumulated experiences as an independent curator and published various articles in professional art and cultural publications. Shan Shan once worked for the YOKOHAMA 2005: International Triennale of Contemporary Art, did an internship in Mori Art Museum in Japan and served as a Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Arts Management and Cultural Policy in the National Taiwan University of Arts. In 2010, she joined JUT Group and oversaw the process of initial planning, founding and construction of Jut Art Museum while she worked in the JUT Foundation. Since the opening of Jut Art Museum in 2016, she has been in charge of coordinating the Museum’s operation and management, and curating part of its exhibitions. Her field of expertise encompasses museology, curatorship, and art administration.
CURATORIAL INTERESTS
Research Interests and Curatorial Themes:
1.Contemporary museum management and operation.
2.Urban issues: exploring various possibilities for the relationships between human and space.
3.Interdisciplinary dialogue between contemporary art and architecture as well as various forms of perceptions.
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCES
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2019
Paradise Lost – Gazing at Contemporary Urban Civilization and its Metaphor, in Jut Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
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2018
The Flying Land, in Jut Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
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2017
The Flying Land, in Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives, Hague, Netherlands
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2010
Di-stances: D-tone Contemporary Video Installation Art Exhibition & Le Fresnoy Video Film Festival, in Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
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2008
Flowers, or not?, in VT Artsalon, Taipei, Taiwan
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2007
Flowers, or not?, in Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
EDUCATION
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2006-2011
Doctoral course in Cultural Management, Culture Resource Studies, the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo, Japan (completed all credits towards a PhD)
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2004-2006
Master’s degree in Cultural Management, Culture Resource Studies, the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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1999-2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts from Department of Fine Arts in the National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
EXPERIENCES
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2020-
Director, Jut Art Museum, JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture
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2020-
Adjunct Professional Specialist (Assistant Professor Level) in Soochow University (Course: Public Relations of Museums)
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2020/2-2020/9
Adjunct Professional Specialist (Assistant Professor Level) at the Graduate School of Arts Management and Cultural Policy, in National Taiwan University of Arts (Course: Arts Management)
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2014-2020
Supervisor, Jut Art Museum, JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture
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2011-2014
Head of Marketing Team, JUT Foundation for Arts and Architecture
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2010-2011
Deputy Manager, MOT/ARTS Space, JUT LIVING
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2009
Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Arts Management and Cultural Policy in the National Taiwan University of Arts
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2008-2009
Global COE Program Research Fellow at School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Waseda University, Japan
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2005-2008
Curator Assistant to Mr. Yamano Shingo, in YOKOHAMA 2005: International Triennale of Contemporary Art
PUBLICATION
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2018
The Flying Land, Exhibition Catalogue, Taipei: Jut Art Museum
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2010
Di-stance, Exhibition Catalogue, Taipei
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2008
Flowers, or not?, Exhibition Catalogue, Taipei
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Translation
AWARD/OTHER EXPERIENCES
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Group honors
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2020
Best Concept of Exhibition in TAIWAN DESIGN BEST 100 by Shopping Design for the exhibition SOS Brutalism – Save the Concrete Monsters! (Produced by Jut Art Museum) (Group honors)
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2020
Golden Pin Design Award for the exhibition Human Nature: Generosity and Its Form (Produced by Jut Art Museum) (Group honors)
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2019
Jut Art Museum named as the Best 10 Creative Sites by La Vie (a media platform dedicated to design and culture in Taiwan) (Group honors)
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2017
Best Concept of Exhibition in TAIWAN DESIGN BEST 100 by Shopping Design for the exhibition Home 2025 (Produced by Jut Art Museum) (Group honors)
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Personal honors
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2016
Production Grants to Independent Curators in Visual Arts, from National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan (for the exhibition The Flying Land in Taipei and Hague)
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2015
Production Grants to Independent Curators in Visual Arts, from National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan (for research in the Netherlands)
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2010
Grant to Residence Program, from Contemporary Art Foundation of Taiwan (for the internship program in Mori Art Museum)
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2007
Grant to Emerging Curator, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan