Yuning Teng, M.A.

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- Political Iconography
- Urban Landscape
- Contemporary Chinese Art
Associated Project: A Case Study of Difficult Heritage in China
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Yuning Teng studied art history and film studies at Peking University and is currently a doctoral candidate with the Department of Art History at the Universität Hamburg. Previously, Yuning Teng served as the deputy director of the Center for Visual Studies at Peking University, where she was responsible for the Chinese Modern Art Archive (CMAA) and the Annual of Contemporary Art of China from 2008 to 2022. Additionally, she held the position of Deputy Secretary General at the Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Arts from 2013 to 2022 and served as a member of the Chinese Secretariat of CIHA from 2012 to 2021. In 2016, she acted as the junior chair of the “Landscape and Spectacle” section at the 34th CIHA World Congress in Beijing. She has curated more than twenty exhibitions in and outside of China, including the recent Guangzhou Image Triennale 2021, where she served as co-curator for the Hyperimage Group. Yuning Teng is also a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).