Freya Chou is a Taiwan-born curator, writer, and editor.

Over the course of her career, she has worked with institutions of various scales, ranging from major museums and institutions to nonprofits. Her curatorial work, showcasing global contemporary art from the perspective of East Asia, demonstrates a commitment to bringing together diverse publics and foregrounding the rich interconnections between visual, performing, and literary arts.

She is co-curator of the forthcoming 2027 Henie Onstad Triennial of Photography and New Media in Oslo (with Susanne Østby Sæther) and guest curator of Hong Kong artist Ellen Pau’s first major survey exhibition in the USA at SculptureCenter in 2026. 

From 2015 to 2019, she worked at Para Site in Hong Kong as the institution’s inaugural Curator of Education and Public Programs. Her notable curatorial projects include “Small World” Taipei Biennial 2023, co-curated with Brian Kuan Wood and Reem Shadid; Curatorial Council member of the 58th Carnegie International (2022); Hong Kong’s participation at the 59th Venice Biennale (2022) and 10th Shanghai Biennial (2014). Her work spans internationally, with exhibitions at Museo d’Arte Orientale, Turin; M+ Hong Kong; Taipei Fine Arts Museum; Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur; Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei among others. She has worked with several organizations on research projects and edited and contributed writing to many artist books, magazines, and exhibition catalogs.  

周安曼出生台灣台北,從事策展、書寫與編務工作。

歷年來曾與不同規模的藝術機構合作,從大型美術館到非營利組織,嘗試聚焦如何從東亞的視角來呈現全球當代藝術,無論在視覺藝術、表演藝術或文學藝術之間豐富交織的關係。並透過雙/三年展等大型藝術展覽作為與文化實踐者建立深厚關係的平台,從而推動藝術生態在更廣闊的跨地域語境中展開對話與共鳴。

她即將擔任奧斯陸Henie Onstad美術館2027年的「New Visions」三年展協同策展人,並於2026年策劃香港藝術家鮑藹倫於紐約SculptureCenter的個展—該展為鮑藹倫在美國的首次大型機構研究展。

2015年至2019 年,她擔任香港 Para Site 藝術空間首位教育與公眾計畫策展人,負責策劃年度國際研討會並開設新銳藝術人才工作坊,為 Para Site 極具指標性的教育推廣計畫。2023年她與穆柏安、Reem Shadid共同策劃第13屆台北雙年展「小世界」。2022年她參與第58屆卡內基國際展(Carnegie International, 2022)的策展團隊,並於同年擔任第59屆威尼斯雙年展香港館的客座策展人。 2008年至2014年間,她參與第6屆與第7屆台北雙年展的策展團隊,並擔任第10屆上海雙年展的協同策展人。

她在許多國際城市發表策展計劃,包括義大利杜林亞洲藝術博物館、香港M+、吉隆坡Ilham Gallery、台北市美術館、台北鳳甲美術館等。近期她與許多機構合作研究計畫也從事出版物的編輯工作,並在藝術期刊及展覽專輯發表文章。