Jianru Wu is a writer and curator who currently works as a researcher at the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include feminism, the philosophy of technology, nontraditional kinships, and creative institutional practice. In 2019, she founded the Media Lab of Times Museum, which was designed within the institutional critique framework to address the current ossification of art institutions. She served as its director until 2022.
She has contributed her editorial expertise to a variety of books and publications for artists and museums, serving as an editor for the “One Hand Clapping” exhibition publication at the Guggenheim Museum in New York during the years 2017 to 2018. From 2012 to 2017, she held the position of senior editor at LEAP magazine. Her works have been featured in reputable publications such as Artforum International, Art Review Asia, The Art Newspaper China, among others. Jianru Wu has been the recipient of various fellowships, including the Asian Cultural Council fellowship in 2017 and the Jane Farver Arts Foundation curator fellowship at the International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York in 2019. From 2020 to 2024, she was an esteemed member of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Advisory Board.