Denver, 24 July 2015

On 13 July 2015, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) in Colorado, United States, announced the nomination of Tianlong Jiao as curator of the Asian art department.

After ten years of experience working in various museums, Jiao is joining the DAM. He previously worked as chief curator at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum and also as Chairman of the Bishop Museum’s Anthropology department in Honolulu, Hawaii. Just before joining the DAM, Jiao worked at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, as curator of the Chinese art collection since September 2014. In the past, he has organised international travelling exhibitions which were hosted by museums including the National Palace Museum, in Taipei, Taiwan, and the Nanjing Museum, in China. Tianlong Jiao will join the staff at DAM in September 2015, where he will continue the museum’s commitment to bringing international exhibitions to Denver. “The scholarly depth of his experience with Asian art is impressive, and he will bring a new lens to our Pan Asian collection,” said Christoph Heinrich, Frederick and Jan Mayer Director of the DAM.

Tianlong Jiao holds a Ph.D. in archeology from Harvard University and obtained a masters at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as well as a B.A. at Beijing University. He built his career on presenting the stories of historical objects and the connection between art and artifact