Naiyi Wang
PhD Student, V&A / RCA History of Design Programme
naiyi.wang@network.rca.ac.uk
Design History in the Anthropocene
I am a curator and researcher, currently lecturing on the MA in Design Criticism & Curatorial Studies at d-School of China Central Academy of Fine Arts. I am chief curator and executive director of Beijing Art and Technology Biennale (BATB). I served as co-curator of the inaugural Guangzhou Design Triennial 2024, curator of the Care Pavilion at the 4th London Design Biennale, 2023, and chief curator for 751 International Design Festival 2023, Narratives of Love, in Beijing. Previously, I co-curated Material Tales: the life of things (in collaboration with the Design Museum, London) and prior to that, exhibitions at the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, London Design Festival and Milan Design Week, among others. I am a recipient of the Sino-British Fellowship Trust and Design Trust Feature Grant. I am co-author of Design Beyond the Human: Transdisciplinary Conversations About the Planet (edited by Elio Caccavale & Gordon Hush).
My supervisors are Dr Sarah Cheang, RCA, and Dr Spike Sweeting, V&A.
Selected publications and exhibitions
Wang, N. and Cao, S.(eds), Care Manifesto, Hong Kong: Bauhinia, 2024
Matters of Care, Guangzhou Design Triennial, 16 January – 31 May, 2024
Narratives of Love, 751 International Design Festival, 27 September – 6 October, 2023
Care Pavilion, 4th London Design Biennale, Somerset House, 1–25 June, 2023
Beijing Art and Technology Biennale (BATB), 22 September, 2022 – 31 January, 2023