Claire Hsu
Claire Hsu is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Asia Art Archive (AAA), an independent non-profit organisation founded in 2000 to document and make accessible the multiple recent histories of art in Asia. Hsu is co-editor of "Field Notes", AAA’s former e-journal and has participated as a speaker in a number of forums around the world. She serves on the Acquisitions Committee of M+ of the West Kowloon Cultural District; sits on the Board of the Foundation for Arts Initiatives; and is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Council on the  role of art in society. Hsu is the recipient of the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award by the Montblanc Cultural Foundation (2018); the Master of the Arts Award at the AmCham 12th Annual Women of Influence Conference & Awards (2015); the RBS Coutts/Financial Times Women in Asia Award (2009); and the Asian Cultural Council Starr Foundation Fellowship (2003). In 2013, she was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Hsu received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese and History (1998) and a Master of Arts degree in Art History (2000) from the School  of Oriental and African Studies at SOAS University of London. In April 2021, Hsu stepped down as executive director of AAA after twenty years. She will continue to act as the co-chair of AAA's Board of Directors.