Exploring Modern Chinese Art with Dr. Katie Hill

Join us in this insightful episode of the Art Business Podcast with Dr. Katie Hill, an authority in Chinese modern and contemporary art. As a Senior Lecturer & Academic Lead at Sotheby's Institute of Art London, Dr. Hill shares her fascinating journey from her early encounters with art to becoming a leading expert in her field. Dr. Hill delves into her formative experiences, including a pivotal trip to Italy and an immersive exhibition that ignited her passion for contemporary art. Discover how her deep interest in languages led her to explore Chinese art, influenced by her family history intertwined with Asia. Explore the genesis of her academic career, her ventures in curating exhibitions of Chinese art, and her role in founding the Office for Chinese Contemporary Art. Dr. Hill also sheds light on her ambitious exhibitions and her ongoing efforts to promote Chinese art globally amidst a complex socio-political landscape.   Dr Katie Hill is an established curator and educator in the field of contemporary art from China and the Chinese diaspora. She gained an MA Hons in Chinese at the University of Edinburgh in 1989 and a DPhil in Art History at the University of Sussex in 2002. She runs her own consultancy, the Office of Contemporary Chinese Art (OCCA), focusing on curatorial, arts consultancy and education. She is currently Academic Lead, Asia and Senior Lecturer at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, where she founded and directed the MA in Modern and Contemporary Asian Art. She is a co-author of the Chinese Art Book (Phaidon, 2013) and has written extensively on contemporary art from China, contributing to journals such as China Quarterly, the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (JCCA), Third Text, Apollo, The Burlington Magazine and numerous artists' catalogues. Her exhibition 'Strange Wonders: Jizi and Pioneers of Ink is currently at SOAS Gallery from 9th October-14th December, 2024. Strange Wonders exhibition: https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/strange-wonders-jizi-and-pioneers-contemporary-ink-china Office of Contemporary Chinese Art: www.occaspace.com Review by Lucia Alonso-Lasheras in Made in Bed https://www.madeinbed.co.uk/reviews/strange-wonders-jizi-and-pioneers-of-contemporary-ink-from-china   music ‘Baby, I Miss The Internet’ (Rama, Rama, Rama)  by TOT TAYLOR is used by kind permission of the artist ©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020)