MA in Art Criticism, School of Humanities, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA). Currently works and lives in Guangdong; Translator of the third edition of Art History: 1940 to Today; Curator; Art Critic; Former China Representative of Kerlin Gallery, Dublin.

MA candidate at GAFA; Writer, art critic, and translator specializing in contemporary art theory and practice. Served as China Representative of Kerlin Gallery until 2024. Translated Art History: 1940 to Today (3rd ed.). Since 2017, has collaborated with Shunde Boxes Art Museum and Songshan Lake Boxes Art Museum to promote artistic production and exhibition practices. From 2015 to 2017, served as invited collaborative curator with the Boxes Art Space curatorial team, a partnership between GAFA’s Oil Painting Department and OCT Plaza.

Key curated projects include:

• Another Knowledge of Tea, Another Knowledge of Thee (Academic Advisor, Shenzhen Ferris Wheel Gallery, 2023)
• Time is Perfect — Young Artists Group Exhibition (Curator, Trealm Culture, Guangzhou, 2021)
• Shi Yong: An Individual’s Art History (Academic Advisor, Trealm Culture, Guangzhou, 2019)
• Wang Zhiyuan: Defying Gravity (Academic Advisor, 2019)
• Wang Peng: The Law of Insight & Merlin James: Long Wrestle (Academic Advisor, OCT Boxes Art Museum, 2018)
• Park — Guangzhou-Hong Kong Exhibition (Curator and Academic Advisor, Guangzhou Hualay Gallery & Kerlin Gallery, 2017)

Christina Y Z explores contemporary art criticism and historical research through a cross-cultural lens, primarily via the practices of curating, writing, and translation.