Noel Cheung|Curator|Ceramicist
Noel Cheung 張知行
⸰ curator ⸰
⸰ researcher ⸰
⸰ ceramicist ⸰
Noel Cheung is a London-based independent curator working across contemporary design, architecture, and art.
Her practice explores how material culture shapes experiences of migration, memory, and belonging in postcolonial Britain. She collaborates with museums, cultural organisations, and creative practitioners to develop research-led exhibitions, curatorial frameworks, and public programmes.
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Conversations on Women, Architecture, and the City
2019
Category: Academic symposium
Location: Asia Society, Hong Kong
Curatorial role: Programme management
—Conversations on Women, Architecture, and the City was a joint effort between M+ Museum and the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Architecture (HKU), which seeks to initiate public conversations in Hong Kong on the under-represented histories and contemporary realities of women in architectural production. The discussions examined the life and work of nine women and their roles in shaping the built environment in Asia, prompting the reappraisal of criteria and methods used to assess architecture.
The series of dialogues brought together historians, editors, and educators to probe issues related to values and approaches in the practices of women architects between the 1950s and the 1980s, as well as the visibility of these practices. Conversations began with a focus on Minnette de Silva (1918–1998), a pioneering woman architect in Sri Lanka; and Wang Chiu-hwa (1925–2021), an architect known for her designs of libraries in Taiwan, who made a generous donation of a large part of her archive to M+. An examination of their work raises questions of how their histories could be constructed. Taking the editorial and curatorial work of Julia Fung and Corrin Chan as a point of departure, a further exchange of views explores the role of women as mediators in architecture. This was followed by discussions of women’s contributions to public service that focus on the work of Anna Kwong and Winnie Ho. The challenges of women pursuing private practice as individuals and in collaborative partnerships are studied through the work of Joan Leung, Nora Leung, and Joanlin Au. Invited interlocutors include scholars and practitioners Wallace Chang, Thomas Chung, Hsu Li-yu, Tariq Jazeel, Clover Lee, Cole Roskam, Koon Wee, and Marisa Yiu.
The event marks the first collaboration between a museum and a university to address this topic in Asia. It informs both institutions’ collecting and research methodologies, which take into account the non-linear narratives and fluid identities of women architects as part of an expanded and more inclusive effort for the profession.
Sessions:
Curatorial Team: Eunice Seng (HKU), Shirley Surya (M+), Ina Wu (HKU), Noel Cheung (M+)