Ms. Helen Huang was born in Shantou, Guangdong. She is a collector of ancient thangka art, traditional Chinese embroidered art pieces and handicrafts, an advocate of the protection of Chinese intangible cultural heritage. Ms. Huang founded Shanghai Xiangzhi Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., and is the honorary president of the Asia-Pacific Outstanding Women's Federation. Since 2010, Ms. Huang actively devoted herself to the rescue work of children in China. She visited Guangdong, Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet, Guizhou and other remote areas, calling on the community to pay attention to the health and education of children.

Adjunct Professor of Chinese Art at Pepperdine University's Shanghai International Campus
Member of Shanghai Folk Artists Association
Deputy Secretary General of Shanghai Art Education Committee Deputy Chief Editor of Art Textbooks for Shanghai Middle Schools Education Consultant of Chinese Arts Palace (the former Shanghai Art Museum) , Liu Haisu Art Museum
Specially-appointed Professor of Overseas College Art Course, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Specially - appointed Professor of Confucius Institute at Montreal, Canada Engaged yearly in Chinese folk art teaching and research, education promotion of art museums, and art exchanges between China and Oversea countries

Born in Shanghai China, but growing up in the United States, Juju has found herself at the meeting point between western future-orientated visual culture and traditional Chinese handcrafts, folklore and beliefs. Over the past several years, Juju has been exploring China’s heritage through both techniques and philosophy that have amazed and inspired her to produce art installations focused in bringing old practices into the present day.

In 2016, Juju was invited as an installation artist to participate to the World Historical & Cultural Cities Expo in Nanjing, where she was asked to create a series of installations in the 600-year-old Chaotian Palace, the place where the main conference were held. It was the first time that a series of contemporary art installations were permitted in an official national cultural heritage palace in China and were collected by the Nanjing government.

Juju presented “PalaSee” in front of mayors from over thirty cities and media across the world, and received glowing praise and recognition of having achieved its intended transformation of visitors’ experience of a traditional Chinese Palace. The exhibition period was extended by the mayor of Nanjing from one month to one year to welcome tourists from throughout China and the world.

Another well-known work of hers is the House of Clouds. With nine consecutive stops in representative cities of China, the installation has brought into public view Dai paper: one of China’s listed national intangible cultural heritage, with over 800 years of history. Thousands of people have lined up, posted online and impacted millions of netizens to embrace the new face of Dai Paper.

In 2018, Juju was awarded the title “China’s new Pioneer”, followed by “Asia’s new Pioneer” in 2019. It was a recognition statement for her evolutionary professional trajectory and the impact that her work has in promoting Chinese culture.

This year, Juju received the “Designer Of the Future” Award by Swarovski. An award that selects three young talents across the globe each year to respond to crystal sustainability. In collaborating with Swarovski and Design Miami/Basel, her newest installation “sea-cret” was unveiled to an influential audience at Design Miami/Basel fair in June 2019.