Aaron Cezar is the founding Director of Delfina Foundation, where he curates and develops its interrelated programme of residencies, exhibitions and public platforms.

Aaron has curated external exhibitions, performances and programmes at Hayward Gallery Project Space, SongEun Artspace, and as part of the official public programme of the 58th Venice Biennale of Art. He has written for The Art Newspaper, Harper’s Bazaar, and ArtAsiaPacific, among others.

Aaron is Advisor-at-large at Art Jameel, one of Delfina Foundation’s strategic partners, and he has been appointed to numerous boards, committees and advisory groups. He graduated from Princeton University with a first degree in Economics and a certificate in Dance and Theatre. He earned a postgraduate degree in the Creative & Cultural Industries from King’s College London. In June 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Arts, London.

Kwanyi Pan is a Beijing-based art consultant who has extensively worked across the institutional, academic and commercial art sectors. Besides working closely with established Asian art collections, Kwanyi has also co-developed contemporary art collections and private art foundations, including Pond Society and Asymmetry Art Foundation, and coordinates major institutional exhibitions across Asia.

Previously, she has worked as deputy editor-in-chief of Leap art magazine, operations director at Long March Space in Beijing and Northeast Asian art specialist for Artco Monthly magazine. Further, she has assisted during various exhibition developments at MoMA PS1 in NYC and worked at Nanjo and Associates in Tokyo.

Kwanyi received her undergraduate degree in Aesthetics and Art History from Keio University, Tokyo, and her Master’s degree in Creative Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Pi Li is the Sigg Senior Curator and Head of Curatorial Affairs, M+, a visual culture museum in Hong Kong, and previously served as the deputy executive director of the art administration department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA, 2001-2012).

Exhibitions Pi Li curated include Right is Wrong: Four Decades of Chinese Art in M+ Sigg Collection at Whitworth Gallery in Manchester and Bildmuseet in Umea in 2015 and 2014; Under Construction at Tokyo Opera Museum in 2002; Moist: Asia-Pacific Media Art at the Beijing Millennium Monument Art Museum in 2002; Image is Power at He Xiangning Art Museum in Shenzhen in 2002; and Fantasy Zone at Art Museum of DongA Daily in 2001 and Beijing Modern Art Center in 2002. Pi Li was the curator of Media City Seoul in 2006 and has furthermore served as curator for Allôrs la Chine at Centre Georges Pompidou in 2003 and the Shanghai Bienniale in 2002. 

Recent publications include From Action to Concept (2015) and Farewell to Moralism (2018). Pi Li earned his PhD degree in history of art from the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Lu Jie is the initiator and chief curator of Long March Project, and founder of Long March Space. Lu Jie holds a BFA from the China Academy of Arts in Hangzhou and an MA from the Creative Curating Program at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Since the late 1980s, Lu Jie has been carrying out his practice on art criticism, editing and curating. He has written and edited various art catalogues and art historical publications and curated a variety of Chinese contemporary art exhibitions throughout his career that spans three decades. From 2002 onwards, Lu Jie has been concentrating his efforts on cultivating the ongoing Long March Project that follows the route of the historic Long March (1934-1935) across China. Later, he founded Long March Space in 798 Art District in Beijing, one of China’s leading art galleries for exhibitions, publications, research and educational programs, playing a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse and promotion of contemporary art in China.

Yi was founding CSO of FreeUp.io, a Fintech company acquired by Greensill and is currently the Global Head of Strategy & Expansion at Earnd, a new division of Greensill. Yi is a keen supporter of young entrepreneurs and emerging artists, and as result has acquired a broad curiosity in different areas of business that share a mutual vision of improving the status quo.

Yi serves on the Strategy Advisory Panel for Delfina Foundation, is the Business Mentor for Sumitomo Corporation and is recognised as one of ComputerWeekly's most influential women in the UK tech world. She is also a committed advocate for diversity in both the art world and tech community.

Yi received her BA in International Economics at Peking University and holds a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics.

Philip is curator for Anjana Himalayan Art, a recent initiative seeking to promote artists who give contemporary expression to the ancient artistic traditions of the Himalayas. As an advocate of Himalayan art, Philip has travelled extensively between Europe and Asia, assisting in the development and creation of Tibetan Buddhist centres in the West.

In 2006, Philip helped create one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist centres of learning in the West, built accordingly to authentic craftsmanship and traditions of sacred Himalayan architecture. More recently, in 2016, he helped found an innovative care centre channelled on spiritual and humanistic principles, close to Berlin, Germany. In relation to these activities, he has served on boards of multiple charities and foundations in the UK, Europe and overseas.

Philip graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in Geography. Following his studies, he developed an abiding interest in Buddhist philosophy and Himalayan culture, prompting him to volunteer for a prominent non-profit Buddhist organisation. It was here that he developed a deep appreciation and interest for Himalayan art, culture and Buddhist philosophy.