About
Hiuwai Chu is Head of Exhibitions and Curator at MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, where she has worked since 2007. She studied anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University, and previously worked as associate editor at Aperture Foundation in New York. Her areas of research are in relation to the conditions of representation, with special emphasis on diasporic communities, and how the colonial paradigm has shaped current societal and environmental conditions.
Writes and speaks in English, Spanish, Catalan, Cantonese (basic), German (basic).
hello@hiuwai.art · Barcelona
Positions
2021 → Head of Exhibitions and Curator
2016–21 Curator
2009–11 Exhibition Coordinator, Catalan Pavilion
2007–16 Assistant Curator
2003–06 Gallery Manager
2000–02 Associate Editor
1999–00 Assistant Editor
Education
1996 BA Anthropology
Teaching
2025 Master's in Cultural Management and Curatorial Studies
Boards & advisory
2023 → Nominating Committee, Sam Gilliam Prize
2020 → Advisory Board, Cordova
2019–24 Board Member, Hangar
2015 → Association of Art Critics of Catalonia
2015 → CIMAM
Editorial
2021–23 L'Internationale Online — Editorial Board
Juries
2024 Opening Section, ARCO Lisbon
2024 Han Nefkens Foundation / MACBA / The Bass / MUAC Production Grant
2023 ACCA Annual Awards
2022 Expert Selection Committee, Catalan Pavilion — Venice Biennale
2021 Production Grants, Institute of Culture, Barcelona
2019 LOOP Discover Awards
2018 LOOP Discover Awards