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2021 Nominating Committee
Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander
Assistant Curator of American Art at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University and Co-Director of the Asian American Art Initiative
Abby Chen
Head of Contemporary Art, Asian Art Museum
Christine Y. Kim
Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Christopher Y. Lew
Nancy and Fred Poses Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Sohrab Mohebbi
Curator of the Carnegie International’s 58th edition
Daisy Nam
Director, Ballroom Marfa
Anuradha Vikram
Independent writer, curator and educator based in Los Angeles
X Zhu-Nowell
Assistant Curator, Guggenheim
Kelly Huang
Co-Founder, Gold Art Prize
Kelly Huang has held roles as a curator, advisor and dealer at leading institutions over the course of her 15-year career in the art world. She established KCH Advisory in 2020 with the goal of helping clients navigate the contemporary art market and build meaningful art collections aligned with individual goals, personal interests, and passions.
Huang dedicates time to lead efforts to expand access to the art world and build community through roles as the Co-Founder of the Gold Art Prize, consulting on curatorial and collections strategy for Arkive, and as the Art Basel VIP Representative for the SF Bay Area.
Gold House
Co-Founder, Gold Art Prize
Gold House is the premier nonprofit collective of Asian founders, creative voices, and leaders dedicated to unifying the world’s largest populace–Asians and Pacific Islanders–to fight for authentic multicultural representation and societal equity. Our ventures include membership systems and benefits to fortify relationships among Asians and with other marginalized communities (#StopAsianHate, All of Us Movement); championing authentic Asian representation through media to reshape public opinion (Gold Open, Gold Records, A100 List); and accelerating economic success and commercial representation through Asian founders (Gold Rush, Founder Network, Angel Network). To learn more, visit www.goldhouse.org or follow @GoldHouseCo on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
2021 Selection Committee
Angelo Chan
Asian Art Circle and Collection’s Council, Guggenheim Museum
Gemma Chan
Actress, Producer, Activist
Lorin Gu
Founder, Recharge Foundation
Prabal Gurung
Fashion Designer, Prabal Gurung
Cathy Park Hong
New York Times bestselling author
Padma Lakshmi
Author, Host, & Executive Producer
Miyoung Lee
Vice Chair, Board of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Dennis Lim
Director of Programming, The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Phillip Lim
Fashion Designer, 3.1 Phillip Lim
Komal Shah
Board of Trustees, SFMOMA
Akiko Yamazaki
Chair of the Board, Asian Art Museum
2021 Finalists
Jaishri Abichandani
Kelly Akashi
Patty Chang
Tiffany Chung
Daniel Chew
Jesse Chun
Shaghayegh Cyrous
Chaw Ei Thein
Jes Fan
Brendan Fernandes
Chitra Ganesh
Oto Gillen
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork
Glenn Kaino
Cindy Ji Hye Kim
Josh Kline
Maggie Lee
Maia Ruth Lee
Summer Meiling Lee
Candice Lin
Beili Liu
Michelle Lopez
Moved by the Motion
Shahryar Nashat
Tuan Andrew Nguyen
Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo)
Miljohn Ruperto
Aki Sasamoto
Sin Wai Kin
Kenneth Tam
Evelyn Taocheng Wang
Cici Wu