He Jing is an art critic and curator, and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Fudan University. In recent years, she has been studying modern and contemporary art from the perspective of French philosophy and phenomenology, with a primary emphasis on Merleau-Ponty. She is also engaged in experimental writing of contemporary art criticism. She received dual bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Paris-Sorbonne University and Tsinghua University. She was a researcher at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. She was editor-in-chief of the French edition of LEAP, deputy editor and head writer of LEAP’s international edition, and Director of Research of Mao Jihong Arts Foundation.

The recent exhibitions, academic conferences, and artistic projects she has organized include: “KĀIWÙ. Art and Design from China” (Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse, Lille, France, 2021), “Liu Xiaohui: Détournement” (798 Art Zone, Beijing, 2021), “L’Écriture infinie” (PULSASIR，2018), international forum “Reset Time: Art, Technology and the Future of the Contemporary” (Fudan University, 2017), “To be an image maker” (Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, 2017), “What You See is Not What You See” (PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco, 2017), “Polytypic Evolution” (Shenzhen OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, 2014), “Promenadologue” (Centre National Éditions Art Image, 2012). Her research and criticism have appeared in numerous artist publications and academic journals, such as New Arts, Journal of History and Philosophy of Art, The Art Newspaper China, LEAP, Flash Art, Artforum China, ARTouch. She also published a monograph and case study The Shape of the Real: Liu Xiaohui in 2021.