About Us-GDMoA

Built in 1997, the Guangdong Museum of Art is among the first batch of national key art museums, and a modern multi-functional art museum integrating collection, research, display, education, exchange, and service. As an important showcase to display the cultural image of Guangdong and promote the culture of South of the Five Ridges (Lingnan), it unswervingly implements the cultural mission of “inheriting Lingnan art tradition, exploring art ecology, promoting international art exchange, and enhancing the artistic literacy of the people”. Based on local conditions, it influences the Greater Bay Area, bears in mind the general picture of the whole nation, and keeps the orientation to the international community. The museum continuously seeks breakthroughs in high-quality collection, high-level utilization, and high-quality services, and strives to build a national and even world-class art palace.

Since its establishment, the Guangdong Museum of Art has adhered to the academic attitude of “conscious, independent, inclusive and diverse”, setting “Chinese modern art, especially Guangdong and coastal modern art, international art and contemporary art” as its direction of academic research and collection, exploring diverse curation mechanisms, promoting modern art research, and sorting out the contemporary art ecology. At present, it houses over 40,000 pieces (sets) of objects, including traditional categories such as traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, print and sculpture, as well as contemporary works such as installation, image and video. It has established a collection and research system consisting of five major sections: Guangdong art, Chinese modern art, contemporary art, overseas Chinese art and international art, and art literature. As the most important art collection and research base in South China, it has launched academic brand programs with international influence, such as the “Guangzhou Triennial”, “Guangzhou Image Triennial”, “Guangzhou Design Triennial”, and “GDMoA Annual Artist Academic Nomination Exhibition”, which have won national awards for many consecutive years. Based on its own collection and academic orientation, the Guangdong Museum of Art has established research centers such as Guangdong Modern Art Research Center, Guangdong Contemporary Art Research Center, Art Literature Research Center, and Artwork Protection and Restoration Center in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and influential academic propositions in a diverse academic atmosphere. It has witnessed and driven the progress of Guangdong fine arts and contemporary Chinese arts.

The new era sees new leaps forward. The Baietan Greater Bay Area Art Center was completed and opened to bring new development space and opportunity to the Guangdong Museum of Art. From then on, the new pattern of “one museum and two sections for staggered development” in Baietan and Ersha Island has come into shape. The Baietan Section sits at the east wing of the Baietan Greater Bay Area Art Center, with a construction area of 65,000 square meters (excluding public area) and an exhibition area of 25,000 square meters. It houses 21 exhibition halls and a vast public art area. It researches on the ecology of Chinese contemporary art and international contemporary art, explores international art exchange and cooperation, and strives to build a comprehensive contemporary art venue with international influence for showcasing the “business startups and innovation” achievements of Lingnan culture, constructing a humanistic greater bay area, and promoting exchanges and mutual learning among Chinese and foreign civilizations. The Ersha Island Section is a precious historical building nearly 30 years old, which reflects the changes since the reform and opening-up. It covers a total area of 22,000 square meters and contains 12 exhibition halls, with an exhibition area of about 8,000 square meters. It focuses on modern Guangdong art since the 20th century as an important base for the corresponding studies. At the same time, it protects and restores artworks in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and South China, injecting new force into Guangdong’s art and cultural heritage industry for strong vitality.

The Guangdong Museum of Art will continue to concentrate its efforts on high-quality collection, high-level utilization, and high-quality service, research on its collection for reviving purposes to benefit the people with culture, facilitate the culture prosperity of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and contribute to the high-quality development of Guangdong’s cultural force and the construction of Guangdong as a culturally vigorous province.

Wang Shaoqiang Director

Professor Wang Shaoqiang serves as the Secretary, Director, second-class researcher of relics and museology of Guangdong Museum of Art. He is a doctoral supervisor, expert who enjoys special allowances from the State Council, councilor of China Artists Association, Director of Guangdong Art Museum Association, and Deputy Director of Guangdong Artists Association. He has been selected as one of the leading talents in publicity, ideology, and culture for the Guangdong Special Support Plan, and cultivated for Guangdong’s “Ten-Hundred-Thousand” Project, twice for “Art Power 100” and one of the Influential Figures by National Arts Magazine. He has won the 22nd Italy Naples Cultural Classics (INCC) Award, the 14th Golden Star Award for Chinese Artists: Face in Focus in 2023, and the 4th Premio Artis Suavitas 2023. He served as the Chief Curator of the Chengdu Biennale in 2023, was rated as International Promoter of Lingnan Culture in 2023, and was selected into the “Guangdong Artists’ Workshop” by Guangdong Federation of Literary and Art Circles in 2024.

Professor Wang Shaoqiang has presided over and curated over 200 professional exhibitions with significant international and domestic influence. He has solidified and enhanced the brand status and international influence of the “Guangzhou Triennial”, refined and deepened the authority and influence of the “Guangzhou Image Triennial” in the industry. And the "Guangzhou Design Triennial", which he acted as initiator, has vigorously promoted academic research and practical exploration in the field of design. His projects have won “Award for Outstanding Exhibitions of Nationwide Art Museums”, the supreme award for art exhibitions, three times, the “Excellent Project Award of Outstanding National Museum Collection Exhibition” for six years, and “National Art Collection and Donation Program” four times, leading China with Guangdong’s fine art undertakings. His public education activities such as “Art Museum Classroom” and “Art Treatment, A Flower in Ward” have been rated as excellent projects by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He undertakes multiple scientific research projects such as scientific testing and restoration of art collections in Guangdong Province, as well as talent cultivation. Mr. Wang undertakes multiple scientific research projects such as scientific testing and restoration of art collections in Guangdong Province, as well as talent cultivation. He actively promotes the construction and completion of the Baietan Greater Bay Area Art Center, Baietan Section of Guangdong Museum of Art, injecting new vitality and connotation into the art ecology of Guangdong and even the whole country.

Hu Ruitao Deputy Director

Hu Ruitao is the Deputy Director and Secretary General of Guangdong Museum Development Foundation (GMDK), and a researcher of relics and museology. He graduated from the School of Economics & Management of South China Normal University in 2003, and once served in the Display Department, Administrative Office and Mobile Museum of Guangdong Museum successively. He was appointed the Deputy Director of Guangdong Museum of Art in September 2019.

Jiang Fei Deputy Director

Jiang Fei graduated from the School of Humanities and Law, Nanchang Hangkong University in 2010. From 2010 to 2022, he served as staff member, senior staff member and principal staff member of Administration for Industry and Commerce of Lufeng City, Guangdong Tourism Bureau, and the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province. He was appointed the Deputy Director of Guangdong Museum of Art in September 2022.

Kuang Ting Deputy Director

Kuang Ting began her career in July 2005 and joined the Communist Party of China in 2009. She holds an MBA diploma. She is now the Deputy Director of the Literature and Art Bureau of the Publicity Department of CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee. She was appointed Deputy Director (temporary post) of Guangdong Museum of Art in September 2023.

Wang Shaoqiang Director

Professor Wang Shaoqiang serves as the Secretary, Director, second-class researcher of relics and museology of Guangdong Museum of Art. He is a doctoral supervisor, expert who enjoys special allowances from the State Council, councilor of China Artists Association, Director of Guangdong Art Museum Association, and Deputy Director of Guangdong Artists Association. He has been selected as one of the leading talents in publicity, ideology, and culture for the Guangdong Special Support Plan, and cultivated for Guangdong’s “Ten-Hundred-Thousand” Project, twice for “Art Power 100” and one of the Influential Figures by National Arts Magazine. He has won the 22nd Italy Naples Cultural Classics (INCC) Award, the 14th Golden Star Award for Chinese Artists: Face in Focus in 2023, and the 4th Premio Artis Suavitas 2023. He served as the Chief Curator of the Chengdu Biennale in 2023, was rated as International Promoter of Lingnan Culture in 2023, and was selected into the “Guangdong Artists’ Workshop” by Guangdong Federation of Literary and Art Circles in 2024.

Professor Wang Shaoqiang has presided over and curated over 200 professional exhibitions with significant international and domestic influence. He has solidified and enhanced the brand status and international influence of the “Guangzhou Triennial”, refined and deepened the authority and influence of the “Guangzhou Image Triennial” in the industry. And the "Guangzhou Design Triennial", which he acted as initiator, has vigorously promoted academic research and practical exploration in the field of design. His projects have won “Award for Outstanding Exhibitions of Nationwide Art Museums”, the supreme award for art exhibitions, three times, the “Excellent Project Award of Outstanding National Museum Collection Exhibition” for six years, and “National Art Collection and Donation Program” four times, leading China with Guangdong’s fine art undertakings. His public education activities such as “Art Museum Classroom” and “Art Treatment, A Flower in Ward” have been rated as excellent projects by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He undertakes multiple scientific research projects such as scientific testing and restoration of art collections in Guangdong Province, as well as talent cultivation. Mr. Wang undertakes multiple scientific research projects such as scientific testing and restoration of art collections in Guangdong Province, as well as talent cultivation. He actively promotes the construction and completion of the Baietan Greater Bay Area Art Center, Baietan Section of Guangdong Museum of Art, injecting new vitality and connotation into the art ecology of Guangdong and even the whole country.

Hu Ruitao Deputy Director

Hu Ruitao is the Deputy Director and Secretary General of Guangdong Museum Development Foundation (GMDK), and a researcher of relics and museology. He graduated from the School of Economics & Management of South China Normal University in 2003, and once served in the Display Department, Administrative Office and Mobile Museum of Guangdong Museum successively. He was appointed the Deputy Director of Guangdong Museum of Art in September 2019.

Jiang Fei Deputy Director

Deputy Director of Guangdong Museum of Art Jiang Fei graduated from the School of Humanities and Law, Nanchang Hangkong University in 2010. From 2010 to 2022, he served as staff member, senior staff member and principal staff member of Administration for Industry and Commerce of Lufeng City, Guangdong Tourism Bureau, and the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province. He was appointed the Deputy Director of Guangdong Museum of Art in September 2022.

Kuang Ting Deputy Director

Kuang Ting began her career in July 2005 and joined the Communist Party of China in 2009. She holds an MBA diploma. She is now the Deputy Director of the Literature and Art Bureau of the Publicity Department of CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee. She was appointed Deputy Director (temporary post) of Guangdong Museum of Art in September 2023.

Organizational Structure

1. Office: Responsible for comprehensive administrative coordination, document handling, archival management, procurement and supply of office and living supplies, vehicle management, lunch supply management, administrative reception, physical management of fixed assets, bidding plan preparation, and Party affairs.
2. Human Resources Department: Responsible for position management, personnel allocation, recruitment and hiring, labor salaries management; attendance management; professional and technical title evaluation and appointment; employee training and assessment; labor insurance benefits, public medical care, family planning, employment contract management, social insurance; and exit application.
3. Finance Department: Responsible for preparing the institution’s budget and year-end financial reports, accounting and reimbursement for fund accounts, management of state-owned assets and fixed assets, participation in major economic decision-making, review of economic contracts with external organizations, and internal audit of expenditure items.
4. Academic Affairs Department: Responsible for coordination of the Research and Curatorial Department, Exhibition Design Department, Collection Department, Public Education Department, Information Communication Department, Humanities Library, and Art Development Department; comprehensive management of exhibition scheduling and contracts; management of external affairs, public relations, exhibition coordination, academic and professional receptions, and opening ceremony organization.
5. Research and Curatorial Department: Including Modern Art Research Office, Contemporary Art Research Office, and Modern International Art Research Office. Responsible for organizing, planning, and implementing exhibitions and academic activities. An Editorial Office is also included, responsible for the publication of exhibition catalogues, exhibition information, magazines, yearbooks, and collected works planned by the museum.
6. Exhibition Design Department: Responsible for exhibition setup and dismantling planning and implementation; exhibition project initiation, supervision, and check and acceptance; management of exhibition venues, exhibits, warehouses and equipment; exhibition display design; design and printing of journals, posters, invitations and promotional materials.
7. Collection Department: Responsible for acquisition, collection, preservation, restoration, and mounting of collections; management of collection archives and information; research and display of collections; and daily work of the Academic Committee.
8. Public Education Department: Responsible for planning and hosting of academic lectures, visitor guides, interactive visitor workshops, and other public art education services; recruitment, organization and management of museum volunteers; and front desk management.
9. Information Communication Department: Responsible for communication with the media for the establishment of museum image and promotion of exhibitions through news, advertisements, and reports; management of the official website and WeChat account; and production of audio-visual and image materials.
10. Art Development Department: Responsible for management of the Art Training Center; development and management of extended business projects of the museum’s main operations; conversion of existing resources, development of derivative products; and the seek of legitimate sponsorship from various sectors of society.
11. Humanities Library: Responsible for public reading room management; book storage management; book and document preservation; and collection and archiving of materials related to exhibitions and academic activities.
12. Logistics Management Department: Responsible for cleaning and sanitation, landscaping, pest control, water supply, electricity supply, and property maintenance; operation and maintenance of air conditioners, elevators, lightings, telephones, computers, and networks; property leasing management; and renovation and expansion projects follow-ups.
13. Security Department: Responsible for comprehensive internal security, fire safety, and civil defense; security team management; central control room duty management; security technology and fire safety equipment management; and fire safety education and inspections for the entire museum (leased areas included).

展览申办

Artists or organizing units should submit an application to the Guangdong Museum of Art by filling in the “Exhibition Application and Approval Form”, and providing the artist’s resume, exhibition introduction, exhibition planning proposal, and all other materials related to the proposed exhibition (including artwork images, lists, or catalogues).

Download Exhibition Application and Approval Form here

Application and Approval Process

After review and approval from the Academic Committee, the exhibition contract will be signed by a representative from the museum and a representative from the exhibition applicant. Mailing Address: Academic Affairs Department, Guangdong Museum of Art, No. 38 Yanyu Road, Ersha Island, Guangzhou (please specify “Exhibition Application”); Zip Code 510105; Email address: xsswb@gdmoa.org (The size of the submitted document shall not exceed 5M). Please be sure to leave your Email, telephone and other contact information, so that the museum staff can contact you in time.

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