Aric Chen is director of the Zaha Hadid Foundation, the London-based cultural foundation established by the late architect Zaha Hadid. American-born, Aric previously served as general and artistic director of the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam; professor and founding director of the Curatorial Lab at the College of Design & Innovation at Tongji University in Shanghai; curatorial director of the Design Miami fairs in Miami Beach and Basel; creative director of Beijing Design Week; and lead curator for Design and Architecture at M+, Hong Kong, where he oversaw the formation of that new museum’s design and architecture collection and program.