Ning Ou

Ou Ning (born in Suixi, Guangdong province, China, 1969) is the director of the documentaries San Yuan Li (2003) and Meishi Street (2006). He was chief curator of the Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (2009); jury member of 8th Benesse Prize at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009); member of the Asian Art Council at the Guggenheim, New York (2011); founding chief editor of the literary journal Chutzpah! (2010-2014); founder of the Bishan Project (2011-2016); visiting...See more

Ou Ning (born in Suixi, Guangdong province, China, 1969) is the director of the documentaries San Yuan Li (2003) and Meishi Street (2006). He was chief curator of the Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (2009); jury member of 8th Benesse Prize at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009); member of the Asian Art Council at the Guggenheim, New York (2011); founding chief editor of the literary journal Chutzpah! (2010-2014); founder of the Bishan Project (2011-2016); visiting professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (2016-2017); and senior research fellow of the Center for Arts, Design, and Social Research, Boston (2019-2022). His most recent book is Utopia in Practice: Bishan Project and Rural Reconstruction (2020). See less