Director, Zaha Hadid Foundation
Aric Chen is director of the Zaha Hadid Foundation, the independent London-based cultural foundation established by the late architect Dame Zaha Hadid.
American-born, Chen previously served as general and artistic director of the Nieuwe Instituut, the Netherlands’ national museum and institute for architecture, design and digital culture in Rotterdam. He was also professor and founding director of the Curatorial Lab at the College of Design & Innovation at Tongji University in Shanghai and curatorial director of the Design Miami fairs in Miami Beach and Basel. He also served as lead curator for design and architecture at M+ Hong Kong, where he oversaw the formation of the museum’s design and architecture collection and program.
