About the Hung Liu Estate
The Hung Liu Estate exists to honor and uphold the memory and artistic legacy of one of the first artists from China to establish herself in the United States. The Estate forges strategic partnerships with museums, galleries, and academic institutions; advances scholarship; places the artist’s archive; and develops new initiatives that build on Liu’s enduring and empathic legacy and deep commitment to human rights and history.
The Estate strives to be accessible to all scholars and students who are interested in exhibiting, publishing, and learning about Hung Liu’s work. As the sole licensor of copyright in and to all works by Hung Liu, the Estate is the official entity that fields exhibition loan, rights and reproduction requests.
The Estate strives to be accessible to all scholars and students who are interested in exhibiting, publishing, and learning about Hung Liu’s work. As the sole licensor of copyright in and to all works by Hung Liu, the Estate is the official entity that fields exhibition loan, rights and reproduction requests.
Staff
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Dorothy Moss, PhD | Director
From 2011-2023, Dorothy held the position of curator of painting and sculpture at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG). During her tenure at the Smithsonian, she was a founding leader of the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, serving as coordinating curator of the Inititiative from 2018-2021. Moss directed the 2013, 2016, and 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competitions. Her recent projects include the exhibition and book Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands (Yale University Press, 2021) and The Obama Portraits (Princeton University Press, 2020). She received the Smithsonian Secretary's Research Prize in 2022 for Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands. In 2015, Moss initiated IDENTIFY, the Portrait Gallery's first performance art series featuring internationally- recognized artists, including Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Sheldon Scott, Wanda Raimundi Ortiz, James Luna, and Jeffrey Gibson. Past exhibitions include Sweat of their Face: Portraying American Workers (2017) with David Ward; Portraiture Now: Faces of Battle (2017-2018) with Asma Naeem, Taina Caragol, and David Ward; One Life: Sylvia Plath, (2017-2018); and One Life: Maya Lin (2022-2023). Her current exhibition Kinship, with curators Leslie Ureña, Robyn Asleson, and Taína Caragol, is currently on view at the National Portrait Gallery through January 24, 2024. |
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Markus Kager | Director, Hung Liu Studio
After graduating from Mills College–where Hung Liu taught for over two decades–Kager was hired to manage Hung Liu Studio in 2022. As the director of Hung Liu Studio, he is responsible for coordinating shipments and communicating with museums, galleries, art handlers, and organizing studio events. He is founding a future artist residency program at Hung Liu Studio and helping with the placement of Hung Liu’s archives. Kager holds a degree in art education and media design from the University of Art and Design Linz, Austria, and an MFA in studio art From Mills College. Currently, he is a Graduate Fellow at Headlands Center for the Arts. |