Danny LIU

Experience

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  Hubei Institute of Fine Arts

  May 2013 - Jun 2013

  Executive Curator

  • Took charge of the exhibition planning, and assigned the tasks among my team members.• Identified the theme of the exhibition, arranged the opening ceremony, and arranged theexhibition space.• Designed the posters, written the press release for the exhibition, and publicized it on our collegeradio.

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  Plateno Group

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2014

  Assistant of Art Projects Development Department Manager

  (Aiming to protect the exquisite traditional textile artworks of Chinese minorities, cooperated with UNDP and BCAF)• Participated in a public welfare project aiming to protect the exquisite artworks of Chineseminorities (Tibetan Thang-ga and the Blankets of Drung nationality)• Estimated the art and economic value of their artworks, and explored its market prospect.• Gathered up large amounts of firsthand data about these artworks of Chinese minorities, anddiscussed how to protect them. Show less

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  National Museum of China

  Oct 2014 - Nov 2014

  Assistant Curator in project Mayas: the Language of Beauty

  — Participated in the exhibition curating, registered the artworks, and arranged exhibition space.— Arranged the opening, and organized the final symposium about the exhibition.— Assisted in the preparation, promotion, and organization of the exhibition, and collected andanalyzed large amounts of data about the artworks, reorganized them and written wall text.on.

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  A17 Studio

  Nov 2014 - Jun 2015

  Public Relationships Manager

  — Promoted fairs and sales information through follower subscriptions on We-Chat, China’s largestmultipurpose social media platform.— Generated on-line auctions to sell artists’ work through We-Chat— Outreached to collectors face-to-face, online and by phones.

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  Fashion Institute of Technology

  Oct 2015 - Apr 2016

  Chinese Tutor

  Tutoring one-on-one with students who are taking Chinese Classes and seeking to improve their Chinese reading, writing, and conversation abilities. Through face-to-face conversations to find out their major problems occurred when they were learning Chinese. Then, via tutoring secessions, providing them with various methods to deal with these confusions.

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  LA PRESSE PR

  Nov 2015 - Feb 2016

  Client Relationship Specialist

  — Outreaching and communicate with designers, organizing all the duties in the front house of the show.— Email management, background researching of the entire RSVP emails of invitees’.— Researched company brands and services to screen for client use in New York Fashion Week.

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  Linda R. Silverman Fine Art LLC

  Feb 2016 - Jul 2016

  Contemporary Art Specialist

  — Propose and create art collection pitch for collectors. — Inventory management, prepare commission agreements, categorize clients’ Profiles, archive sold works, and invoices.— Company Website redesigning and editing.

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  PULSE Contemporary Art Fair

  Mar 2016 - Mar 2016

  Fair Assistant

  — Assisting exhibitors to install and de-install, inform exhibitors with necessary information that theyneed to know during the art fair.— Assisting PULSE Partner and Sponsorship Coordinator with the setup of fair panel discussions, andother events.— Greeting visitors, scan tickets, walk around the fair to answer exhibitor and/or visitor questions.

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  Artnet

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2017

  — Writing, editing artnet news to publish them on the website and WeChat subscription account. — Produce contents to promote artnet events and online auction sales towards Chinese collectors. — Research on worldwide artists’ profile and their entire Auction House records, then using Excel to reorganize and revise the Artists’ Profile and merging them to the Artnet Price Database System. — Edit, analysis and proofread the data provided by Chinese Auction Association (CAA) for the 2015 Global Chinese Art Auction Market Report. — Cooperate with Sales and Marketing team to boost subscribers for Artnet Price Database.

  • Artnet News China Reporter

    Feb 2017 - Jul 2017

  • Price Database Analyst

    Jun 2016 - Feb 2017
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  The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  Aug 2016 - Feb 2018

  Visitor Services Ambassador Volunteer

  — Working at the museum's frontline, greeting visitors from all over the world, providing with proper introduction of museum history and recommendations of museum's ongoing exhibition, guided tours, and programs.— As a bilingual Met Ambassadors help other information desks when they are having the trouble of dealing with Chinese speakers. — Orient visitors when they cannot find out where they are and how to get the see the certain art collection.

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  Christie's

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2017

  Client Services Administrator

  — Provide superior and detailed customer service during viewing hours, evening sales, special events, and answering general inquiries. — Register bidders and explain policies for different bidding methods and general taxation and commission rules to the Chinese bidders.

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  Fashion Institute of Technology

  May 2017 - May 2017

  LAND / FORM

  When the French Academy ranked the genres of art in the seventeenth century, landscape and still life were considered the least important as they did not involve human subject matter. However, the five artists in LAND / FORM approach landscape, not as something external to the human experience, but as a means of contemplating memory, body, and personal narrative. Here, landscape evokes the transience of earthly life, the affinity between the body and nature, and the centrality of place in the formation of memory and identity. Show less

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  Hauser & Wirth

  Aug 2017 - Apr 2020

  — Supported the establishment of the first Hong Kong gallery back in late 2017.— Provided sales support to directors, and ensured sufficient sales-related materials were prepared for galleryexhibitions, showroom displays, and art fairs in Asia.— Supported sales directors to maintain an active relationship with key clients, and develop new collectors.— Oversaw gallery private client events, sales events, and public programs in Asia from conception toactualization, making sure goals are met. Show less

  • Gallery Assistant

    Feb 2018 - Apr 2020

  • Sales Assistant Intern to Senior Director

    Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
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  David Zwirner

  May 2020 - Jul 2020

  Sales Assistant

  — Assisted senior sales director in expanding collectors based in Asia, preparing sales materials, and market research, sent out offers, created artwork previews, and handled collectors' payments, and after-sales services.— Supported the production, launch, and promotion of gallery exhibitions. Participated in the production of the gallery's first bilingual online viewing room and Art Basel HK online, and achieved over USD $8 million in sales.

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  VILLEPIN

  Oct 2020 - now

  — Generate sales, advise, and source artworks from post-war masters, contemporary blue-chip artists, and emerging primary artists for existing and new collectors. Achieved sales of EURO 10 million and 12 million in the first two consecutive years.— Develop sales strategies for the gallery in order to achieve revenue goals. Create art market analysis on the blue-chip artists that the gallery focuses on, and oversee the pricing for both primary and secondary artworks.— Manage gallery's artwork inventory, suggesting resale timeline to maximize profit, via both private/public channels. Analyze the value and potential growth of targeted works, and complete the whole acquisition process.— Build and maintain strong relationships with not only collectors but also business partners like auction houses and dealers to diversify the gallery’s art investment and trade opportunities. Show less

  • Senior Advisor

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Top Client Manager / Art Specialist

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Art Specialist

    Oct 2020 - Jan 2022