Zineng Wang, Vice President, Head of Sale, Senior Specialist, Southeast Asian Art, Christie's and Thuc Doan working on Tran Quang Tran (Ngym) Collection, Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, August 21, 2015
One of the key market makers for Southeast Asian art, Wang Zineng led the curation and sale of Southeast Asian art at Christie’s from 2011 to 2016 before founding Art Agenda, S.E.A. During his time at Christie's, Zineng established numerous record prices for Southeast Asian artists and the largest-ever auction sale total for Southeast Asian art in 2015. He also expanded the geographical footprint of modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art at auction beyond Singapore and Hong Kong to salerooms in New York and Shanghai and was the principal driver behind private sales of Southeast Asian art at Christie’s. Zineng previously worked as an independent curator and managed collections acquisition at the National Gallery, Singapore. He has also curated exhibitions of modern and contemporary Southeast Asian artists at the Singapore Art Museum and the National University of Singapore (NUS) Museum.