Hou Hanru is director of exhibitions at the San Francisco Art Institute, and a curator of international reputation. He co-curated 2nd Guangzhou Triennale in China (2005), with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guo Xiaoyan, and took charge as commissioner of the upcoming Biennale de Lyon, Sept. 16, 2009-Jan. 3, 2010, in February of this year (following the unexpected resignation of Catharine David). His theme for the Biennale is "The Spectacle of the Everyday."
