SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2025
Open Kitchen: Fusing Asian, Li Tang Community anniversary exhibition independent curatorial projects, The Blanc, New York (forthcoming)
Wu Yiming: B-Side Ink, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
2024
Tone Check: The Skins of Korean Contemporary Painting, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
At-Will Adaptation - The Exhibition, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
At-Will Adaptation - The Residency, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
Open Kitchen: Assembly, Light Up Globals Project Space, New York
2023
(In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
Ji Zhou: Symbiosis, The Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, New York
Zhang Dali: Suffocation, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
Ye Funa: The Big Dream Show, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
Xiao Kegang: Detour, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
2022
Renew - A Survey in Chinese Contemporary Photography, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
Ho Kan - Geometric Calligraphy, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
Ji Zhou: Symbiosis, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
2021
Alienation?, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
Li Hongbo - Empathizing, Eli Klein Gallery, New York
LECTURES, TALKS, AND GUEST CRITICS
2025
Parsons BFA Photo Thesis Portfolio Review, Guest Lecturer, New York (forthcoming)
Photographic Arts I: Ideation and Experimentation, Guest Lecturer, Savannah College of
Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2024
Curating Contemporary Art, Guest lecturer, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
Chinese Art Market, Panelist, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
Parsons BFA Photo Thesis Portfolio Review, Guest Lecturer, New York
Columbia University MFA Visual Arts Thesis Committee, Guest Critic, New York
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Guest Critic, Berlin, Germany
GlogauAIR, Guest Critic, Berlin, Germany
NARS Foundation, Guest Critic, New York
Residency Unlimited, Guest Critic, New York
2023
Columbia University Visual Arts Administration, Guest Lecturer, New York
All About Photo Magazine, Guest Jury, Online
Abstract, Distortion & Fragmentation - A Juried Exhibition, Guest Jury, Online
2022
Curating Contemporary Asian Art: A Conversation, Panelist, Asia Society Museum, New York
Waiting for a Response Which We Might Never Get - Shi Jinsong Solo Exhibition, SCAD Museum of Art, Guest Speaker, Savannah, GA
5 Decades with a Force Like Gravity: Emily Cheng in conversation with Phil Cai, Qualia Contemporary Art, Speaker, Online
Contemporary Art Research Under a Global Vision, Guest Lecturer, Central Academy of Fine Art China, Online
Columbia University Visual Arts Administration, Guest Lecturer, New York
2021
Arts Salon: A Conversation between artists, writers and arts professionals, Guest Speaker, Latitude Gallery, New York
2020
New York Lounge, Guest Speaker, SinoVision, New York
2018
Walking in a Confusing Area: A Conversation with Cai Dongdong and Phil Cai, Interview, eChinaArt, New York
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2025
A New Topology in Chinese and Vietnamese Contemporary Photography, Critical Essay, See-Zeen Magazine (forthcoming)
The Estate of Joshua Caleb Weibley at CHART Gallery asks if we still want to play, Exhibition Review, WhiteHot Magazine
A Mirrored Interview, Interview with Bojan Stojčić, IMPULSE Magazine
2024
Hyeejin Bae: Eye Candy, Exhibition Essay, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin
Nomad Photography, Catalog Essay, 2024 Parsons MFA Photography Thesis
Exhibition Anything Can Be A Hammer, Parsons School of Design | The New School
queerness, chinese, contemporary, photography, (in)directions, Catalog Essay, (In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography, Eli Klein Gallery
2023
A Proposal to Live with What Had Been There - Cynthia Gutiérrez at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Exhibition Review, Widewalls Magazine
Blurry Transparency - Wu Chi-Tsung solo exhibition at Katina Museum of Art, Exhibition Review, Widewalls Magazine
Xiong Wei: Becoming the Masses Amongst Elites, Critical Essay, Artnet News
2022
What has to be NFT’d?, Critical Essay, New York Times T Magazine
Enacting Disassociation - Jean-Luc Moulène Solo Exhibition at Miguel Aubrey Gallery, Exhibition Review, Widewalls Magazine
Life as an Invitation - Yoan Capote Solo Exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery, Exhibition Review, Widewalls Magazine
Take a Step: Phil Zheng Cai on the Opening of M+ Museum, Critical Essay Widewalls Magazine
2021
Tan Siyuan - No Stopping the Wanting to Stop, Exhibition Review, Widewalls Magazine
2020
The Story of Philosophy: A History of Western Thought by James Garvey and Jeremy Stangroom, Translation, Shanghai Yuandong Press
SELECTED PRESS
2024
Are You Alone Right Now?, Impulse Magazine, Review of At-Will Adaptation
Chinese Artist Reimagine Queer Photography, Hyperallergic, Review of (In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography
(In)directions: Exploring Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography, We And The Color Magazine, Review of (In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography
Queer Chinese Diasporic Photographers Subverting Definition, The AMP Magazine, Review of (In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography
At Miami Art Week, Asian Artists and Dealers Take Center Stage, Artnet News, Interview
Liu Bolin: Order Out Of Chaos, Musée Magazine, Review of Liu Bolin: Order Out Of Chaos
2023
Shadow Tracing: Zhang Dali at Eli Klein, Whitehot Magazine, Review of Zhang Dali: Suffocation
Suffocation at Eli Klein Gallery, Collector Daily, Review of Zhang Dali: Suffocation
(In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography, Musée Magazine, Review of (In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography
Queering Photography from the SinoSphere: (In)directions at Eli Klein, Whitehot Magazine, Review of (In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography
2022
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Interview, News 12 New York
Exhibition Review: A Recent Survey in Chinese Contemporary Photography, Musée Magazine, Review of Renew - A Survey in Chinese Contemporary Photography
Contemporary RENEW in the Photography, Art Bund Magazine, Review of Renew - A Survey in Chinese Contemporary Photography
Editors’ Picks: 12 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, Artnet, Mention of Renew - A Survey in Chinese Contemporary Photography
2021
Alienation ?, The Brooklyn Rail, Review of Alienation ?
Alienation Group Show, Photography of China, Review of Alienation ?