About Mei Huang
Researcher | Independent Curator | Writer
Currently based in Barcelona, Mei Huang holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Barcelona and an MFA in Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the author of La Xina avui: Minories, cultura i societat (China Today: Minorities, Cultures, and Society) (2022), and has curated numerous international exhibitions, including Desde la Frontera (From the Dividing Line) (2024) at CaixaForum Barcelona, The Protector (2022) at Aimer Art Museum, Silent Narratives (2019) at MOCA Yinchuan, Survey (2014) at MOCA Chengdu, and the Manchester Asian Triennial at Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, among others.
In 2026, she was awarded the Sigg Fellowship for Chinese Art Research by M+ Museum, Hong Kong for her research project The Places We Didn’t Look From, which examines site-specific artistic practices by ethnic minority artists in Tibet and Inner Mongolia during the 1990s and 2000s.
As a prolific writer, Mei is a regular contributor and columnist for The Art Power 100, Art and Business Journal, The Art Newspaper, ARTDBL, and V Magazine.
Her research and curatorial practice focus on ethnic identity, border studies, site-specificity, and the relationship between contemporary art and socio-political transformation in frontier regions, particularly Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang. Through projects such as Desde la Frontera (From the Dividing Line), her work progressively expanded from geopolitical and cultural border studies toward the analysis of digital and affective borders emerging within contemporary technological society. More recently, her research explores how contemporary artistic practices critically engage with the emotional architectures produced by gaming cultures, AI systems, algorithmic environments, and online masculinities, examining the ways digital platforms shape identity, desire, alienation, and political affect in contemporary society. By bridging academic research, critical theory, and curatorial experimentation, Mei Huang investigates how contemporary art can function as a space for visibility, memory, resistance, and critical reflection within both physical and digital landscapes.
She is Associate Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Humanities Department and worked as Representative for International Relations with Asia at Blanquerna – Universitat Ramon Llull.
