Email: hejingts@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Title
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. in Philosophy
Education Background
2018–2023: Ph.D. in Philosophy, School of Philosophy, Fudan University
2010–2012: Master’s Degree in Aesthetics, Arts, and Culture, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
2009-2010: Bachelor’s Degree in Aesthetics, Arts, and Culture, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
2007–2009: Senior Research Fellow, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs (ENSAD), France
2005-2007: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, graduated with a master’s degree
2001-2005: Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, graduated with a bachelor’s degree
Work Experience
2015-Present: Editor-in-Chief of the French edition of LEAP
2017-2019: Academic Director of Mao Jihong Arts Foundation
2014-2017: Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the international edition of LEAP
Art Projects Director at LEAP and The Art Newspaper China
2013–2014: Project Director at Perfect Crossovers (Paris-Beijing)
2012-2013: Assistant Curator at Work Method (Paris)
2012: Assistant Curator at Centre National Edition Art Image (CNEAI), Paris
Academic Services
2015-Present: Editor-in-Chief of the French edition of LEAP
2023-Present: Expert Member, Cultural and Creative Design Committee, China Association of Ethnic Folk Artists
2022-2023: Final Round Judge of the “Jimei · Arles Curatorial Award for Photography and Moving Image”
2021-2022: Final Round Judge of the “PULSASIR”
Research Interests
Research interests: Philosophy of modern and contemporary art (French philosophy and phenomenology); editing and layout research from the cross-media perspective
Practical focus: Cross-disciplinary practice of editing, layout and curation of publications
Academic Claims
Contemporary art and design have become creative activities that intricately merge perception and reflection, experience and concept. This requires creators not only to solve concrete problems within technologically innovative environments, but also to possess a conceptual vision and critical awareness of the current social context, including the ability to critically reflect on the act of creation itself. In this light, both artistic creation and design practice urgently call for breaking through traditional disciplinary boundaries and media limitations. It is essential to seek interdisciplinary integration with philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology, and other humanities disciplines, while maintaining a sensitivity to and critical awareness of evolving technologies and media within practical experience. This allows for the infusion of speculative methods and an open-ended approach to learning into the fabric of everyday creative practice.
Academic Achievements
Academic Research Projects:
Horizontal/Vertical: Penser la mise en forme de l’écriture chinoise et questionner ses inter-relations avec les caractères latins, the Youth Project of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Education of China, member of the French project team, 2009
Monographs
The Shape of the Real: Liu Xiaohui, a monograph on artist case study, Culture and Art Publishing House, Beijing, English & Chinese edition, 2021
Publications:
She has published numerous academic papers in CSSCI core journals such as ZHUANGSHI and New Arts, as well as in academic journals like Journal of History and Philosophy of Art and Book Design, and published nearly 60 art critique articles in major domestic and international art publications and exhibition catalogs, including LEAP, The Art Newspaper, Artforum, Flash Art, The New York Times, and ARTouch.
Representative Papers and Articles:
“The Thought of Painting Based on ‘Sensation’: The Logic of Sensation and the Internal Path of Modern Painting,” Journal of History and Philosophy of Art, 2023
“An Abstraction Turn: The Reflection on Objects and the Shaping of Speculative Thinking,” The Art Newspaper China 10th Anniversary Special Issue, 2023
“A Conversation with Wu Hung: Life Connected to Memory,” The New York Times · Highlights, 2022
“Echoes of the ‘Aura’: Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction - From Walter Benjamin to Bernard Stiegler,” New Arts, 2020
“Cartography and Painting in the Age of Algorithms,” Life, monthly, English & Chinese edition, 2017
“Sound, Light, and Image: A Theater of Everything,” TeamLab 2001-2016 Art Works Catalogue, English & Chinese edition, 2017
“Mythology, the Feminine, and Sense Film - The Flashback That Begins with ‘Moving Mountains,’” LEAP, English & Chinese edition, 2017
“Huang Yong Ping: Creating the Myth of ‘Empire’ at Paris’s Grand Palais,” The Art Newspaper China, 2016
“The Third Path: Alberto Giacometti from Modern to Contemporary,” The Art Newspaper China, 2016
“Socialist Realism as a Genetic Image Code,” LEAP, English & Chinese edition, 2016
“Zhang Guangyu: Master and Generalist,” LEAP, English & Chinese edition, 2016
“In Conversation with Catherine David, Chief Curator of the Centre Pompidou,” LEAP, English & Chinese edition, 2015
"The Awakening of Individual,” Flash Art, English, 2014
“In Conversation with French Curator Nicolas Bourriaud,” LEAP, English & Chinese edition, 2014
“On the Aesthetic Writing of ‘Innocence,’” Taipei Biennial Publication, English & Chinese edition, 2014
“Rauschenberg Said, The Walking Stick Is Longer than the Maulstick, After All,” the Chinese language edition of Artforum, 2013
“On the Concept and Origins of Contemporary ‘Artist’s Books,’” Book Design, 2013
“Research on the Systematic Visual Design of Cultural and Artistic Journals,” ZHUANGSHI, 2007
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Major Publishing and Editorial Projects:
Une vie au bord du fleuve : L'art de Chen Jialing, Co-editor, Chinese & French edition, Paris & Shanghai, 2024
The Art Newspaper China, “Echoes of France” column, Editor-in-Chief, Chinese, Shanghai, 2020
French edition of LEAP, founding editor-in-chief, Chinese & French edition, Paris & Shanghai & Beijing, 2015–2024
International edition of LEAP, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Chinese & English edition, Beijing, 2015-2017
The Art Newspaper China / Special Issue on Croisements (three volumes), editor-in-chief, Beijing, 2016-2019
Comfortable in My Own Skin Exhibition Catalogue, executive editor, Chinese & English edition, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2015
Mirror and Encyclopedia: Borges Variations Exhibition Catalogue, editor-in-chief and overall design, French, Paris, 2012
Horizontal/Vertical: Penser la mise en forme de l’écriture chinoise et questionner ses inter-relations avec les caractères latins, research project publication, editor and designer (collaboration), French & Chinese edition, 2009
Major Curatorial Projects:
“Une vie au bord du fleuve,” co-curator, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France, 2024 (special project for the “60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations Between China and France - 2024 China-France Year of Culture and Tourism”)
“KAIWU: Art et design en Chine,” co-curator, Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse, Lille, France, 2021 (main pavilion project for “World Design Capital”)
“Détournement,” curator, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, 2020
“Fragments of the Gods,” curator, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, 2017
“To be an image maker,” curator, “Jimei · Arles International Photo Festival,” Xiamen, 2017
“What You See is Not What You See,” video screening curator, PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco, San Francisco, USA, 2017
“The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist,” curator, ASIA NOW Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France, 2016
“Polytypic Evolution: A Close-up Observation,” co-curator, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen, 2014
“Promenadologue#1,” co-curator, CNEAI (Centre National d'édition d'art et d'images), Paris, France, 2012
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Academic Reports and Special Lectures:
“Who Is the Inventor of Modern Painting? - Manet and Cézanne through the Philosophical Lens of Foucault and Merleau-Ponty,” International Academic Symposium in Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of Michel Foucault’s Death, School of Humanities, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 2024
“Vision and Method: Polygonal Art Criticism Writing,” “Writing Without Boundaries” 2024 Art Criticism Academic Forum, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 2024
“From Art Publishing to Art Curating,” “60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations Between China and France” French Cultural Lecture Series, Boya Classroom, Beihang University, Beijing, 2024
“Merleau-Ponty’s Concept of ‘Depth’ and the Metaphysics of Modern Art,” International Symposium on Phenomenology and Philosophy of Art, Peking University, 2024
“The Walker: The Question of ‘Truth’ in Giacometti’s Works,” “Masterpieces of Art” Public Art Education Lecture, China Academy of Art & Shanghai Library, online, 2023
“How Can the Sensible Sentient Be a Form of Thought?” “Art and Society from the Technological-Logical Perspective” Young Scholars Forum, School of Humanities, Tongji University, 2023
“Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction,” course lecture, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, 2022
“Avant-Garde Art and Sensory Reconstruction,” “Philosophy+” PPE series interdisciplinary course lecture, Department of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, 2021
“The Thought of Painting Based on ‘Sensation,’” “Post-War French Thought and the Shifts in Contemporary Art Theory” Academic Symposium, School of Philosophy, Fudan University, 2021
“Two ‘Translations’: Contemporary Chinese Art in France,” course lecture, School of Arts, Peking University, 2021
“The Depth of Visibility,” TAG Lectures, TAG Art Museum, 2021
“The Painter’s Hand and Tactile Vision,” “Duration: Chinese Art in Transformation” Academic Forum, Minsheng Art Museum, 2020
“On the Concept of ‘Figure’ in ‘The Logic of Sensation’,” “Art and the Real” First Forum on Frontiers in Literary and Art Theory, Literature and Art Studies and Chinese National Academy of Arts, 2020
“Overflowing Images: The Non-Visual Imagery of the ‘Face’ and Its Aesthetic Analysis,” “Understanding Images” Academic Symposium, Tsinghua University Art Museum, 2019
“From the ‘Sublime’ to the ‘Immaterial’: A Philosophical Trajectory of the ‘New’ Time Shared by Technology and Art,” “Poesis & Precision: Forum on Non-trivial Relations. Between Arts, Design and Sciences,” Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum Project (West Bund Museum) & School of Philosophy, Fudan University, 2019
“Diffused Gaze: The Question of Viewing Based on Jonathan Crary’s Writings,” “Light and Heavy” Series Publication Launch Forum, East China Normal University Press & Central Academy of Fine Arts, 2017
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Academic Event Planning and Moderation:
International Academic Lecture “Rethinking the Screen: Revelation and Concealment, Display and Protection,” academic moderator, Research Center for Aesthetics and Aesthetic Education, Peking University, 2024.
Exhibition Opening Forum “Surrealism and Asia,” co-hosted by West Bund Museum and Shanghai Museum, 2023
Exhibition Opening Forum “Defining Abstraction: When Women’s Attitudes Become Form,” West Bund Museum, 2022
Roundtable Seminar “Histories of Writing,” Beijing UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Shanghai HOW Art Museum, 2018
“Reset Time: Art, Technology & the Future of Contemporary International Art Forum,” co-hosted by Centre Pompidou & School of Philosophy, Fudan University & Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Fudan University, Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, 2017
Academic Dialogue “The Other Who Is Thought and Written,” Ernest H. Gombrich and James Gahill Memorial Library, China Academy of Art, 2017
Academic Dialogue “Art Publications as Methodology,” UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2017
Academic Dialogue “The Reimage of Language,” Beijing One Way Street Library, 2017
Academic Dialogue “The Brightness of the Absent: From Mental Images to Spatial Poetics,” Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, 2016
Academic Dialogue “Translation: As the Material of an Exhibition,” ASIA NOW Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, 2016
China's First Alberto Giacometti Retrospective Exhibition Opening Forum “Beyond the Figure: Tracing Giacometti in Modern and Contemporary Era,” YUZ Museum, Shanghai, 2016
Awards
“KAIWU: Art et design en Chine”: “Silver Dove Award” Excellence Prize from the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee’s Office for External Propaganda, 2021
LEAP French edition Volume II: 2017 “SOPA Awards for Editorial Excellence Gold Award” from the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), 2017
Teaching
Teaching fields and directions: Art philosophy, interdisciplinary theory, and cross-media practice in publishing and curating
Undergraduate courses taught: Visual Thinking, Innovative Media Design, Visual and Space (Curating), Layout Design, and Thesis Writing.
