Ken Lum (Canadian, b. 1956) is an artist with an extensive international exhibition record. He co-founded and served as the founding editor of the Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art. A prolific writer, he has published numerous essays. He has delivered keynote addresses at various prestigious events, including the 2024 Duldig Sculpture Lecture in Melbourne, the 2022 International Association of Empirical Aesthetics Congress in Philadelphia, and the 2010 World Museums Conference in Shanghai. His writings are compiled in Everything is Relevant: Writings on Art and Life 1991 – 2018, published by Concordia University Press in 2020. Lum has completed many public art commissions in cities such as Rotterdam, Leiden, St. Louis, Toronto, St. Moritz, and Vienna. He co-curated exhibitions, including Shanghai Modern: 1919 – 1945, Sharjah Biennial 7, and Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia. Additionally, Lum is a co-founder and serves as the Senior Curatorial Advisor to Monument Lab, a public art and history think tank in Philadelphia. He holds the Marilyn Jordan Taylor Presidential Professorship at the University of Pennsylvania.