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Education
1968 M.A., History of Chinese Art, University of California at Los Angeles
1965 B.A., Art, Holy Names College, Oakland
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Professional Positions
2008 – present Curator Emeritus, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
1997 - 2008 Curator of Himalayan Art and Chinese Decorative Art
1996 Curator of Indian, Himalayan, and Chinese Decorative Art, and Curator of the Chao Shao-an Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
1988-1996 Curator of Indian and Himalayan Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
1969-1988 Curator of Indian and Southeast Asian Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
1968 Research Curator, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Guest Curator Activities
2008
“The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan” Honolulu Academy of Arts
2003
Tibet: Treasures from the Roof of the World, The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana. (October, 2003)
2001
The Great Japanese Metal Arts: From Swords to Ploughshares, San Francisco New International Terminal. (September, 2001)
1998
Themes and Variations: The Zisha Pottery of Chen Mingyuan, The Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou, and The Shanghai Museum of Art, 2006-2008.
1997
Themes and Variations: The Zisha Pottery of Chen Mingyuan, The Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1994
Shiwan Ceramics: Beauty, Color, and Passion, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
1989
The Art of the Yixing Potter, Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
1988
Catalogued the Tata Collection of Oriental Art, Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay, India
1986
Indian Sculptures from the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco International Airport
A Matter Of Taste: Selected Chinese Art from California Collections, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
1981
Yixing Pottery, Hong Kong Museum of Art
1977
I-hsing Ware, China House Gallery, China Institute, New York; Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Exhibitions installed at the Asian Art Museum (selected)
2008 The Dragon’s Gift, The Sacred Arts of Bhutan
2006 Curator-in-charge, Hidden Meaning: Symbolism in Chinese Art
2005 Curator-in-charge, Tibet: Treasures from the Roof of the World
2005 Permanent galleries at the new Asian Art Museum, Himalayan gallery and Chinese Decorative arts.
2000 Curator-in-charge, New Millennium Painting and Calligraphy by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek & The Masters of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
1997 Curator-in-charge, The Art of the Sari, Cooking for the Gods: The Art of Home Ritual in Bengal, and Shiva: Lord of the Dance, all part of India: A Celebration!
Curator-in-charge, The Art of Chao Shao-an
1995 Curator-in-charge, Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan
1994 Curator-in-charge, An Imperial Qing Tradition: Snuff Bottles from the Collections of H. Hui and C. Sin
1993 Installation of Splendors of the Punjab: Art of the Sikhs
1992 Curator-in-charge, Beauty, Wealth and Power: Jewels and Ornaments of Asia
1991 Installation of Wisdom and Compassion - The Sacred Art of Tibet
1990 Installation of the Indian Gallery
1989 Installation of the Himalayan Gallery
1988 Myths and Rebuses in Chinese Art
1986 Essence of Indian Art
Ganesha, the Elephant-Headed God
1985 The Hundred Flowers: Botanical Motifs in Chinese Art
1984 Pala Stone Sculptures
1982 Gandharan Sculptures: An Alexandrian Heritage
1980 Religious Art of Nepal
1978 I-hsing Ware
1976 Installation of Indian Drawings and Painted Sketches
1974 Gifts of Ed Nagel
1973 Installation of A Flower from Every Meadow
1972 Chang Dai-ch'ien: A Retrospective
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