Katherine Don 唐凯琳

Katherine Don is an independent curator of contemporary Asian art and has over twenty five years of experience in the arts promoting cross-cultural exchange between artists and patrons across the Pacific. She has previously worked for contemporary art galleries in New York, established an independent advisory firm in Beijing, and advised on collections of contemporary Asian art for clients in China, US and UK. Recently, she served as Executive Director of the Hawaiʻi Contemporary non-profit organization to successfully launch the internationally acclaimed Hawaiʻi Triennial 2022. She also oversaw the gallery program at Asia Society Hong Kong Center where she produced exhibitions for the pioneering modernist Hon Chi-fun, new ink art painter Irene Chou, the Hidden Forests project promoting environmental awareness and the first public installation of renowned light and space artist James Turrell in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Asia Society, she was a director at Sotheby’s Asia for over six years as a key contributor in establishing the Contemporary Ink Art category and managing auction sales in New York and Hong Kong.

She is the co-founder of Centerpiece Art Advisory, a global art group providing fine art appraisal and independent art advisory services to private collectors, museums, and corporate clients. Established in Hong Kong in 2010 as the first independent fine art appraisal firm in the region. She is a certified member of the Appraisers Association of America (AAA) in the area of Contemporary Asian Art and USPAP compliant.

Katherine is a native of Maui, Hawaiʻi, holds a dual-degree in Art History (Studio Art) and East Asian Studies from Barnard College, Columbia University, and has a Masters degree from UCLA Anderson School of Management with a focus on Entrepreneurship. She is a board member of non-profit organizations Somos Ohana Nicaragua and Supporters of Braddock Drive Elementary School. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles with her family and is a mother of three girls. (Updated July 2024)

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