TODAY ART MUSEUM | Alex Gao as the new Executive Director of the Today Art Museum

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Alex Gao as the new Executive Director of the Today Art Museum

2013-08-13

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August 12th, 2013- Ms. HSIEH SuChen, the former director of the Today Art Museum, resigned from her position. Meanwhile, Alex Gao has been appointed as the Executive Director, and is now in charge of all kinds of work within the museum.

Alex Gao entered the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2000. He later studied as an exchange student at the Tama Art University in Japan and Hongik University in South Korea. He joined the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) in 2004, in which he was appointed as project manager, heading the torch relay,core graphic and sport icons of the Olympic. He continued to work in the Cultural Events Department of BOCOG as image and identity manger in 2007.

In September 2008, Alex Gao decided to continue his academic career and doctorate at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 2010, he went to the University of the Arts in London as a doctoral visiting scholar, and was then elected to join the “Arts Management Professional Development Programme 2012” of the British Council, the “Arts Management Professional Development Programme 2013” of Goethe-Insititute of China, and was specially invited to go to the America by the United States Embassy as a Cultural Envoy in 2013.

Alex Gao’s connection to the Today Art Museum began in 2011. He worked as an Deputy Director of the Today Art Museum starting April 2011 and was placed in charge of the departments of administration, exhibition, and academia. With his extensive experience in planning hundreds of contemporary art exhibitions in China and across the globe, Alex Gao was officially assigned the Executive Director of the Today Art Museum on August 12nd, 2013.