Xiaoyu Weng is an award-wining curator and writer based in New York. Her curatorial and writing practices focus on the impact of globalization, identity, and decolonization, as well as the intersection of art, science, and technology. Most recently, she was the Carol and Morton Rapp Curator, and head of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto, Canada. Previously, she was The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Associate Curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, where she curated highly acclaimed exhibitions “Tales of Our Time” (2016–2017) and “One Hand Clapping” (2018). Featuring newly commissioned artworks by thirteen artists and artist collectives, the exhibitions challenge myths of identity and nation-state constructions. In 2018–2019, Weng served as the curator of the 5th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The biennial was awarded the “Best Exhibition of the Year” by the Art Newspaper Russia.

Weng was the director and curator of Asia Programs at Kadist Art Foundation (Paris/San Francisco, 2010–2015). She continues to serve as a program and collection advisor for the Foundation. Weng has curated more than 50 exhibitions and projects internationally and has worked with over fifty organizations, three hundred artists and collaborators across all continents. She writes regularly on contemporary art and visual culture and has published widely in catalogues and periodicals.