Gao Peng

Secretary-general of the Academic Committee

Professor

Areas of Research: Art and Design Thinking, Design Education, Art Curation, Brand Management and Operations

Dean, School of Future Design, Beijing Normal University,
Member of Peer-Review Panel Experts of                                  
the National Social Science Fund of China,
Evaluation Expert, Academic Degrees & Graduate Education Development Center, Ministry of Education,
Vice President of China Industrial Design Association,
Council Member of China National Arts and Crafts Society,
Deputy Director of the Design Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society,
Member of Fine Arts Council, Chinese Museums Association,           
Executive Director of the Aesthetic Education Research Branch of the Beijing Higher Education Society,
Council Member, Central Academy of Fine Arts,                           
Honorary Director, Today Art Museum.

Gao Peng obtained his Bachelor, Master and PhD degrees from Central Academy of Fine Arts and University of the Arts London, and completed postdoctoral fellowship in Peking University. He was elected as the president of Outstanding Youths of the World Association with honorary tile of “Outstanding Youth of the World- Artistic Ambassador” in Davos 2015. Recipient of the “Beijing May Fourth Medal” in 2015. He was served as Co-Vice Chair of the Boao Youth Forum in 2021。During 2013-2025, he has led four projects of the National Arts Foundation, five projects of the Beijing Municipal Culture Foundation and other major projects.

As the Founding Dean of the SFD, Gao Peng has led the School to become a 2025 partner of the UNESCO “ICH as FASHION” Capacity-Building Programme. In 2022, the School became a Vice President Unit of the China Industrial Design Association and was recognised by the Innovation Design Research Institute. In 2024, the School established the “Key Laboratory of Traditional Craft Redesign” under the China Arts and Crafts Society; and in 2023, it founded the “Joint Laboratory of Extenics and Future Design for Interdisciplinary Studies” under the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, while also being selected as a base for the Ministry of Education – LEGO “Innovative Talent Training Programme”.

Major Publications:

The World Image: Xu Bing’s Dragonfly Eyes, Guangxi Normal University Press, 2023.
Today Art Research, Sichuan Fine Arts Press, 2018
Musuem development in China, Rowman & Littlefield, 2019
Research on the Operation and Construction of Private Art Museums in China, Sichuan Fine Arts Press, 2020

Major articles published after 2016 include “Innovation and Practice of Art Museums in the Digital Era”, Art Research; “A Brief Discussion on the Digital Process of Art Museums - Taking the Digital Practice of International Art Museums and Today's Future Museums as an Example”, Art and “A Brief Discussion on the Form of Art Museums for Art Life”, Art Review, Exploration of Project-Based Learning (PBL) Teaching – A Study on Talent Development Strategies for Innovative and Applied Art and Design Education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Art and Design (Theory); A Study on Talent Development Strategies for Art and Design Education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area based on Industrial Demand, University; Integrating Design Thinking into Aesthetic Education in Higher Education – Exploration of Teaching Practice in Design and Aesthetic Education from an Interdisciplinary Perspective, Tsinghua Art and Design Journal, etc.