Description
Manuela Lietti is an independent art critic and curator specialized in contemporary Asian art. In 2003, she graduated from the department of Oriental Languages and Civilizations at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, having written her bachelors' thesis on contemporary Chinese artist Yang Shaobin. After her graduation, she moved to Beijing where in 2007, she obtained her master's degree in Chinese Histo-ry of Art and Art Criticism from the Academy of Art and Design of Tsinghua University. Since 2003, Manuela has been active as a curator, critic, and coordinator in the field of gallery and museum exhibitions as well as public art projects, in China and abroad. Manuela usually participates in international panels, workshops, consulting and re-search programs and her essays and interviews appear in numerous magazines worldwide, such as Arte e Critica, Art Asia Pacific, Flash Art International, Frieze, Artforum, Artribune, artforum.com.cn, artron.net as well as in exhibition catal