ArtsHub speaks with 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art's new CEO on digital futures, FinTech, diasporas, punk cyber cities, viralism and becoming an international brand.
Technologist Thea Baumann brings a new edge to 4A as CEO. Image supplied.
Thea Baumann has been on the job as the new Artistic Director/CEO at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (4A) for just over a month. Described as a ‘creative executive, artist, technologist and producer with Vietnamese-Swiss heritage’, Baumann will undoubtedly bring a new perspective to the organisation as it approaches its third decade.
‘I see 4A as a catalyser of new Asian talent, focused on forging collaborations and producing and presenting genre-defying art from the Asia Pacific and beyond,’ she says in a formal statement.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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