Yan Er Lu Arts International

Exhibition Services

Academic curation

Through an academic exhibition, the curator explains the academic value behind the artwork, allowing artists and works from different cultures to be displayed and exchanged, and this cross-cultural exchange helps to break down cultural barriers and promote understanding and respect between different cultures.

Artwork is the carrier of the artist’s emotion, an exhibition is an important bridge for emotion transmission

A professional curator can convey the intrinsic value of the artwork and the artist’s creative concept to the audience through professional display design, thus triggering the audience’s empathy and stimulating their artistic emotions.

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01 Exhibition academic consulting

A Western Curatorial Vision, Rooted in Chinese Academic Rigor. With her profound training in Classical Chinese, Dr. Sophia Kidd brings an invaluable dual perspective to articulating the academic value of your artworks.
  • To write a complete curatorial essay (word count of about 2,000 or more) and submit it to Party A for examination and approval, Party
    B permits Party A to translate the curatorial essay, and Party A has the right to publish it in the catalogue of the exhibition to be produced and distributed, and to use the aforesaid curatorial essay for academic purposes, exhibition publicity, promotion and publication of the exhibition; Party B holds the copyright of the essay, and can use it as its own work in the scope of this agreement. Party B holds the copyright of the article and may use it as his/her own work for publicity, academic and commercial purposes within the scope of this agreement.

  • For the public education activities planned for the exhibition, Party B is responsible for assisting Party A’s Public Affairs Department to conduct a guided tour, and participating in at least two of Party A’s seminars, symposiums, lectures and other related public transport activities.

Geographies of Feeling

2023 Parallel Exhibition of Chengdu Biennale 

Featured artists: Zhu Cheng, He Gong, Dai Guangyu, Hu Jiayi, Pu Yingwei, Tong Wenmin, Wang Zifan, Wang Yanxin, Wang Zheng, Zhu Ming.

BIOS: Embodied Environments

2024 Chongqing Exhibition

Artists: Betsy Damon, Dai Guangyu, Xiong Wenyun, Li Xinmo, Song Chen, Li Yaoyao

Or is it Second Nature?

2024 Chongqing Exhibition
Artists: Shu Qun (舒群), Qiu Zhijie (邱志杰), Tian Ye (田野), Li Zhanyang (李占洋), Zhang Xiaotao (张小涛), Li Chuan (李川), Qiu Anxiong (邱岸雄), Li Tingwei (李亭葳), Chen Weicai (陈伟才), as well as Alois & Ling Nimmervol (阿路易斯&琳·力迈尔佛)

Maps of No Return: He Gong Solo Exhibition

2025 DC, USA Exhibiton
Artists: He Gong

2、Coordinate with artists

 From vision to venue, we walk alongside artists.
Deep curation begins with shared inspiration and is realized through rigorous planning. Whether on-site, fine-tuning each display, or across time zones, building consensus online—we ensure the artist’s vision is translated faithfully into a powerful physical experience.

  • To provide exhibition planning programme, including overview of curatorial concepts, proposed list of participating artists, contact information of invited artists, concept of exhibit layout, list of works to be exhibited, list of equipment required for exhibits, related publicity and promotion proposals, publication proposals, etc. Responsible for coordinating and liaising with the participating artists identified by Party A in terms of the progress of the production of the works and the planning of the exhibitions, assisting Party A in coordinating and communicating with artists on the execution of the exhibition, and confirming the schedule and progress of completion of the works in the exhibition.
  • To assist Party A in the co-ordination and communication with the artists on the execution of the exhibition, and to confirm the schedule and completion of the works. Party A has the final decision on the participating artists and works.

3、Assist in the exhibition project

You Focus on the Creative Core. We Ensure Its Precise Realization.
Professional Execution: Project Planning | International Transport | On-site Management | Integrated Marketing
  • To assist Party A in completing the collation of Chinese and English textual materials related to the artist’s works at the exhibition site (including but not limited to the artist’s personal introduction, introduction of the artist’s works, the artist’s creative concepts and other relevant content)
  • To prepare the exhibition site documentation (including but not limited to books, magazines, newspapers, interviews with the text of the record, video and image data and other relevant information content of the finished product files), and Party B shall Assist Party A in completing the organisation plan, list, over view and structure of the on-site documentation in Microsoft Word document format.

04 Public education events in the exhibition project

Where Poetry Meets Painting.
  • Curated by Dr. Sophia Kidd featuring dozens of American poets who created and recited poetry in response to “Maps of
    No Return: He Gong Solo Exhibition” and “She’s So Collectible”.

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