Alexandra Munroe, Ph.D is Senior Curator of Asian Art the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Her forthcoming exhibitions are a major retrospective of Cai Guo-Qiang (2008); a commissioned installation by Anish Kapoor (2008) and a historical survey examining the influence of Asian art and thought on American modernism, tentatively titled American Art and the East (2009). Munroe served as Vice President of Arts & Culture at the Japan Society, New York and Director of Japan Society Gallery from 1998-2005. For two consecutive years, The New York Times selected exhibitions Ms Munroe directed at Japan Society as Number One Best Show of the Year. She is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the field of modern Asian art for her landmark exhibitions and publications including Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective (1989); Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against the Sky (1994); The Art of Mu Xin (2002); and YES YOKO ONO (2000), which won First Prize for Best Museum Show Originating in New York City from the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and drew one million visitors over a 13-city international tour. AICA also awarded Ms. Munroe, as project director, First Prize for Best Thematic Show in New York City for Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture (2005), curated by Takashi Murakami. She holds a B.A. from Sophia University, Tokyo, an M.A. from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University and a Ph.D. in History from NYU, where her research was modern East Asian intellectual history. Ms. Munroe publishes widely and lectures frequently on Asian art in Europe, North America and Asia. She is a Trustee of the U.S.- Japan Foundation; the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; the Alliance for the Arts; Longhouse Reserve; and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.