Robin Peckham is an arts writer, gallerist and curator based in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. In 2011, Peckham founded the Saamlung Gallery in Hong Kong, which closed two years later. He is the youngest exhibitor to be included in the Art Futures portion of the 2012 Hong Kong International Art Fair and has been featured as one of today's top young Chinese arts professionals.

Biography

He studied Modern Culture and Media at

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and Media Art Histories at Danube University Krems. Peckam has worked as director of Boers-Li gallery in Beijing, curator for Hong Kong-based curatorial office Kunsthalle Kowloon, and project associate to the Long March Space, one of Beijing’s first non-profit art platforms. In 2008, he created the Society for Experimental Cultural Production, a curatorial office and editorial team.

Saamlung

Peckham's Saamlung Gallery opened in 2011 and was lauded as one of the best up-and-coming galleries in Hong Kong. The gallery presented work by emerging and historically significant artists from greater China and around the world through solo projects, thematic group exhibitions, publications, and other satellite events. Shows staged included architectural drawings by Charles LaBelle, street calligraphy by the "King of Kowloon"

Tsang Tsou Choi Tsang Tsou-choi (), commonly referred to as the "Emperor of Kowloon" () (12 November 1921 – 15 July 2007) was a Hong Kong citizen known for his distinctive calligraphy graffiti. Early years Tsang was born in Liantang Village (), Koyiu ...

, and machinic light sculptures by Matt Hope. Other artists shown included

Nadim Abbas Nadim Abbas (born 1980 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong ...

João Vasco Paiva João Vasco Paiva (born 1979, Coimbra, Portugal) is a Hong Kong–based contemporary artist. Biography João Vasco Paiva received a BFA from the Escola Superior Artistica do Porto in 2004 and an MFA in Creative Media from the City University of ...

, and Adrian Wong. The gallery closed in January 2013: "the quality of the local audience and collector base for the underexposed artists he championed had “failed to improve” and “even seemed to be weakening”.

Writing and publications

Peckham's writing, translation, and editorial work is published in ''

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Ran Dian ''Ran Dian'' is a Hong Kong–based, international contemporary art magazine, published bilingually in English and Mandarin. It aims both to promote independent cultural debate in China and to foster intellectual exchange between China and the ...

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Yishu ''Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art'' is the first English-language journal specializing in Chinese art and culture. Each bi-monthly issue features scholarly essays on topical issues, interviews with artists and curators, conference proce ...

'', ''LEAP'', and ''ArtSlant'', and recent book-length publications include monographs on

Zhang Peili Zhang Peili (; born 1941), or Zhang Beili (), is a Chinese geologist and the wife of former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Zhang created the principal institutions which regulate the gemstone trade in China, the National Gemstone Testing Center a ...

and MAP Office.

References

External links

Robin Peckham's Website

Robin Peckham on Twitter
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