吳秀華
Education
Ph.D. in Art History, University of Oxford
M.A. in Conservation, University College London
M.Phil. in Chinese Art History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Expertise
Chinese painting and calligraphy, contemporary ink painting, exhibition planning and curatorial research, conservation, Chinese visual culture, museum and cultural management, Chinese art collections
Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Arts and Design, University of Macau
Assistant Professor (Research), Hong Kong Baptist University
University of Hong Kong Museum and Art Gallery (served as Director and Researcher for nearly eight years)
Worked at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Museum, the British Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, and the Archaeological Museum of Floros, Greece
Visiting Scholar at the Needham Research Institute, University of Cambridge; Princeton University; Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica; and Center for Sinological Studies, Academia Sinica
Academic grants and fellowships from the Center for Sinological Studies, University of Oxford, Pak Shan Tang Foundation, and the Chevening Scholarship (UK Government)
Select Publication
“Contemporary Calligraphy as Creative Writing: Innovation, Technology and Narrative Reception in Hong Kong,” Journal of Creative Writing Studies. Hong Kong: Commercial Press, December 2025.
Abstract Evolutions: Sixty Years of Paintings by Fong Chung-Ray (Bilingual). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery, 2024.
Enduring Strength and Passion: The Chinese and Western Art of Ting Yin Yung (Bilingual). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery, 2024.
Kings Inscriptions: Contemporary Interpretations (Bilingual). Hong Kong: Leisure and Cultural Services Department, 2024.
Peregrination in Bookplates: Bookplates and Hong Kong (Bilingual). Hong Kong: HKBU Library, 2019.