OUR TEAM
Joyce Zhang
Managing Director
Research Fellow
Independent art historian, senior art collection advisor, and curator. Bachelor's degree in History from Fudan University; PhD in Art History and Theory from the China Academy of Art.
Concurrently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Art History and the History of the Book. Previously worked at Christie's for ten years, serving as Chief Representative in Shanghai.
Research publications include nearly ten papers, among them "A Study of Wang Jian's Birth Year," "Wang Yongning: A Collector of the Early Qing," "An Annotated Study of Seven Letters Between Wang Shimin and Wang Hui" (co-authored with Professor Bai Qianshen), and "Reconstructing the Canon: Wang Shimin's Transcendence of Dong Qichang." Editor-in-Chief of The Revival of the Classical: A Study of Ming and Qing Literati Paintings from the Xike Jiulu Collection and Collected Essays on Painting and Calligraphy Authentication by Zhong Yinlan.
HENRY FONG
Marketing Lead
Henry Fong completed his Master's degree in Theory and History of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2018. His thesis focused on the role of a non-aligned Egypt during the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956 and the clash of personalities between Gamal Abdel Nasser and John Foster Dulles in the events leading up to the crisis. He became part of the Medici Center Shanghai in 2018 and leads the marketing operations of the center in Shanghai. He previously worked in finance and consulting before joining the Medici Center Shanghai.
KRISTINA YANG
New York Lead
Kristina Yang received her Bachelor degree in Art History from Fordham University with a minor in Visual Arts. Upon graduation she worked at China Guardian auction house and Christie’s auction house in New York City, where she helped American clients navigate the Chinese art market. She joined Medici Center Shanghai full-time in 2020 and currently manages US relationships for MeCS.
LIU YANG
Research Fellow
Ph.D. in Art Theory from the China Academy of Art, with research focusing on book history and art history. Formerly worked in the Rare Books Department of Xiling Yinshe Auction Co., Ltd., and currently serves as a special editor for Art History and Book History. Research results have published in New Arts, Library Journal, Studies on Classical Chinese Documents, Bibliographical Studies of Traditional Chinese Texts, and Art History and Book History.
BAOYUN LIU
Research Fellow
PhD in History from Fudan University, specializing in Western classical studies, the historiography of ancient Greek history, and the reception history of Western classical antiquity. Previously worked in the Department of World History at Shanghai Normal University; currently serves concurrently as a contributing editor for Art History and the History of the Book. Scholarly work has appeared in journals including Literary Review, Journal of Western Classical Studies, Classics Review, and Art History and the History of the Book.