Staff

Office Location: ZB 413A

Xiaojing Zhu has an interdisciplinary background in art history, design and curating. She graduated with a dual Bachelor of Arts degree from The Communication University of China and The New York Institute of Technology in 2021. With a dedication to the localisation context of art, she worked in different non-profit independent art institutions in China such as DRC. No.12, The Bunker Space and is the public program curator of the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art at present. She aims to utter the characteristic sound of those veiled native narratives in sociopolitical perspectives through the potentiality of contemporary art in China and advocate for the extensive connection between art and the public in a systematic cognition. Her academic research is focusing on geopolitics, gender consciousness, and intertwined design history under globalization in the contemporary art field. As a writer, she mostly published her critics and exhibition reviews on different platforms.

Office Location: ZB 413 Main Suite 

Diane Tomasi is the Program Associate in Arts Administration (ARAD) and a doctoral student in the Dance, Ed. program. Diane is also an aerialist, dancer, teacher, and performer. Diane received an MA in Nonprofit Management from Antioch University in 2023 and a BA (Hons) in Performing Arts Dance from Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in 2005. Diane is interested in queering dance education and uplifting voices in the margins.