Lynn Fu 傅琳
arts worker

With two decades of experience in the arts and culture, Lynn Fu is a Shanghai & New York based independent curator, consultant and producer. She used to work at the British Council in Shanghai and New York for many years. Her career focuses on international programming and collaboration with theaters, festivals and organizations in China and beyond. She frequently sat at the curatorial panel for international festivals, such as the APAM Gathering at AsiaTOPA in Melbourne in 2019 and the Made in Scotland showcase of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2020. She is the international jury member of the European Spaces of Culture in 2024. 

 

Lynn is an ISPA global fellow, Australia Council International Leadership Program alum, Edinburgh Fringe associate and a member of the APP (Asian Producers Platform) network. She represents the Auckland based Modern Maori Quartet and toured the company across 30 cities in China from 2017 to 2019. During the pandemic, she worked with the Goethe Institute in East Asia on disability and inclusion, and served as the China Market Advisor for the Creative Australia. She is the co-founder of Arts Access Shanghai, a platform to increase access to arts and cultural institutions for the disability community in Shanghai.

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Lynn is a Shanghai native. She holds an M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University. She also studied and lived in France, Japan and Korea. Passionate about cultural diversity, Lynn speaks four languages and has travelled to over 50 countries.