Under The Same Sun Curators

About Candace Huey

Candace Huey (she/her) is an interdisciplinary curator and art historian with years of experience conceptualizing and implementing compelling and engaging arts exhibitions and programming for local and international institutions, private entities, corporations, and non-profit organizations. Candace has worked for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Bonham's auction house, Alameda County Arts Commission, and various art galleries in the Bay Area. As an independent curator, she conceptualized exhibitions for Consulado General de México and España, Consulat Général de France, Villa Albertine San Francisco, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco and public exhibitions in Chicago, London, Paris and France. Candace holds degrees in Art History from The Courtauld in London and U.C. Berkeley, and has presented her academic research on seventeenth-century Dutch Art at renowned conferences in the United States and the Netherlands. Most recently, she was full-time faculty teaching graduate and undergraduate Art History courses at a private university. Candace is co-chair of SECA Council at SFMOMA, on the Northern California Chapter Leadership Committee of ArtTable, and an active member of Artadia San Francisco Council, Headlands Center for the Arts and San Francisco Art Dealers Association.

許君瑜 Candace Huey（她/她的）是一位跨學科領域策展人兼藝術史學家，擁有多年構思推出藝術展覽與項目之經驗，對象包括本地及國際機構、私人實體、公司企業與非營利組織等，展出備受矚目。許君瑜曾任職於舊金山美術館 (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)、邦瀚斯拍賣行 (Bonham)、阿拉米達縣藝術委員會 (Alameda County Arts Commission) 以及灣區各大藝術畫廊。作為獨立策展人，她曾為墨西哥和西班牙總領事館 (Consulado General de México and España)、法國總領事館 (Consulat Général de France) 、舊金山艾伯丁別墅 (Villa Albertine San Francisco)、舊金山中華文化中心 (Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco) 以及芝加哥、倫敦、巴黎與法國的公共展覽等項目策展。許君瑜擁有倫敦科陶德藝術學院 (The Courtauld in London) 與伯克利加大 (U.C. Berkeley) 的藝術史學位，並在美國和荷蘭的著名會議上介紹過她對17世紀荷蘭藝術的學術研究。她是舊金山現代藝術博物館 (SFMOMA) 下屬組織促進當代藝術學會 (SECA) 委員會的聯席主席、ArtTable 北加州分會領導委員會成員，也是 Artadia 舊金山理事會、舊金山赫德蘭藝術中心 (Headland Center for the Arts, San Francisco) 以及舊金山藝術經銷商協會 (San Francisco Art Dealers Association) 的活躍成員。

About Erina Alejo

Erina Alejo (they/them/siya) is a cultural worker, artist, and arts administrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Centering care, youth empowerment, and project management, Alejo is dedicated to sustaining long-term collaborative relationships with micro communities– from university students, to families, tenants, service workers, and organizations-- towards nurturing their narratives, power, and community cultural wealth. Their work as an artist informs their grantmaking work at the Office of the Vice President for the Arts at Stanford University, and organizing work with neighborhood-based grassroots organizations like San Francisco’s SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District. They are the recipient of Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco Arts Commission, Southern Exposure, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center grants; Alejo has also participated in juries for several of these organizations. They are a third-generation San Francisco renter with family, and has work acquired by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Erina prefers to surf at dawn, pending conditions.

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Erina Alejo (他們/他們的/他) 是舊金山灣區的文化工作者、藝術家兼藝術管理員。以護理、青年賦權以及項目管理為中心,致力於維持與微型社區的長期合作關係——從大學生到家庭、租戶、服務人員與組織——培養敘述、權力與社區文化財富。身為一名藝術家,任職斯坦福大學藝術副校長辦公室為藝術資助身負提供信息的使命,並與舊金山的南市場街菲裔菲律賓文化遺產區 (SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District) 等社區基層組織合作。不僅如此,更榮獲文化創新中心、舊金山藝術委員會、Southern Exposure藝術空間、亞太島民文化中心等各方團體的資助;Alejo還參加過其中幾個組織的評審團。與家人在舊金山為第三代可負擔散房之租客,其相關事蹟作品被舊金山現代藝術博物館收藏。Erina閒暇時更喜歡趁著好天氣於黎明時分衝浪。

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About PJ Gubatina Policarpio

PJ Gubatina Policarpio (he/him) is an educator, curator, and community organizer with over 10 years of experience in museum education, public programming, and art administration. As the inaugural manager of youth development at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, PJ led transformative initiatives, programs, and partnerships that engaged diverse audiences. He is currently Associate Director at Micki Meng Gallery with locations in San Francisco’s Chinatown and Bayview districts. PJ has organized exhibitions and programs internationally including Notes on Cultural Evidence (Slash Art, 2023), Notes for Tomorrow (Independent Curators International, 2021-Present), Conversations on Carlos Villa: World-Making and Cross-Cultural Solidarity (Asian Art Museum, 2022), Tarsal by Metatarsal (Headlands Center for the Arts, 2021), Solidarity Struggle Victory (Southern Exposure, 2019), Rally: Queer Art and Activism Now (Dixon Place, 2017), bringing together artists, writers, poets, scholars, activists and collectives whose engaged practices challenge power and representation. PJ is co-founder of Pilipinx American Library, an itinerant library and programming platform dedicated to diasporic Filipinx perspectives. His publications are in the collection of the Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Born in the Philippines, PJ immigrated to the United States in his early teens. He lives and works between San Francisco and New York City. 

PJ Gubatina Policarpio(他/他的)是一位教育家、策展人兼社區組織者,在博物館教育、公共規劃以及藝術管理方面擁有超過10年經驗。作為舊金山美術博物館 (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) 青年發展部的首任經理,在PJ的領導下吸引了不同觀眾的變革性舉措、項目與合作。目前任Micki Meng畫廊副總監,該畫廊位在舊金山華埠並在灣景區設有分店。PJ組織過國際性的展覽與項目,匯集藝術家、作家、詩人、學者、從事創作挑戰權力和代表性的活動家與集體,包括:《文化證據筆記》(Notes on Cultural Evidence, Slash Art藝術組織,2023年)、《明天筆記》(Notes for Tomorrow, 國際獨立策展人, 2021年至今)、《與卡洛斯維拉的對話:創造世界與跨文化團結》(Conversations on Carlos Villa: World-Making and Cross-Cultural Solidarity, 亞洲藝術博物館,2022年)、《蹠骨的跗骨》(Tarsal by Metatarsal, 舊金山灣區赫德蘭藝術中心,2021年)、《團結鬥爭勝利》(Solidarity Struggle Victory, Southern Exposure藝術空間, 2019年)、《示威運動:當前酷兒藝術與行動主義》(Rally: Queer Art and Activism Now, Dixon Place演藝劇場, 2017 年)等。PJ是美菲圖書館 (Pilipinx American Library) 的聯合創始人,這是一個致力於散居美籍菲律賓裔觀點的流動圖書館和編程平台。他的出版物被收藏於大都會藝術博物館的Thomas J. Watson圖書館內。出生於菲律賓的PJ十幾歲時移民美國, 往返於舊金山與紐約市之間生活和工作。

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About Sara Wessen Chang

Sara Wessen Chang (she/her) is an art historian and curator. She is Director, Artist Relations at Jessica Silverman (Chinatown), representing artists Chelsea Ryoko Wong, Rupy C. Tut, Dashiell Manley, and Woody De Othello amongst others. Following her graduate studies at The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, she has curated and organized numerous exhibitions at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, Blunk Space, and elsewhere. She has contributed writing to numerous publications, including Once Upon a Time in America (Wallraf Richartz Museum, 2018), David Park: A Retrospective (SFMOMA, 2020), and Joan Brown (SFMOMA, 2022). Sara was born in and lives in San Francisco, CA.

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Sara Wessen Chang 是一位策展人、藝術史學家兼畫廊總監。在紐約大學美術學院 (The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU) 完成研究生學習後，曾在三藩市美術博物館 (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)、三藩市現代藝術博物館 (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)、麥克沃伊藝術基金會畫廊 (McEvoy Foundation for the Arts)、Blunk Space畫廊等單位策劃組織過許多展覽。精選策劃展覽包括：《保羅·克利和安妮·阿爾伯斯》 (Paul Klee and Anni Albers，2019年)、《大衛·帕克和他的圈子：繪畫會議》 (David Park and His Circle: The Drawing Sessions，2020年)、《當代光學：奧拉維爾·埃利亞松、特雷西塔·費爾南德斯和安尼施·卡普爾》(Contemporary Optics: Olafur Eliasson, Teresita Fernández, and Anish Kapoor，2021年)，以及《圖像園丁》(Image Gardeners，2022年)。她為許多出版物撰稿，包括瓦爾拉夫理查茲博物館《很久很久以前在美國》(Once Upon a Time in America, Wallraf Richartz Museum，2018年)、三藩市現代藝術博物館《大衛·帕克：回顧展》(David Park: A Retrospective, SFMOMA，2020年) 以及《瓊·布朗》 (Joan Brown, SFMOMA，2022年)。Sara 於加州三藩市出生及工作。