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Herb Tam (born in Hong Kong) is the curator and director of exhibitions at the Museum of Chinese in America located in Manhattan's Chinatown.

Education and early career

Tam born (August 3, 1974) in Hong Kong and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended San Jose State University and has an MFA in Fine Arts from New York City's School of Visual Arts.

Prior to MOCA, he was an independent curator of contemporary art working in New York City with institutions such as the Queens Museum of Art, Exit Art, the Asia Society, Creative Capital Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

References

1. "Press release: MOCA Announces Appointment of New Curator & Director of Exhibitions" (PDF). May 5, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
2. ^ "Press release: MOCA Announces Appointment of New Curator & Director of Exhibitions". Museum of Chinese in America. May 5, 2011. Archived from the original on October 25, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2006.
3. "Herb Hoi Chun Tam – Museum of Chinese in America". Retrieved 2022-01-21.
4. Genocchio, Benjamin (February 6, 2005). "Art Review". New York Times. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
5. Schwendener, Martha (December 15, 2006). "Art From Everywhere". New York Times. Retrieved June 19, 2012.

External links

• Mindspray, Tam's journal-blog
• 2012 interview on Huffington Post

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