Axis of Culture incorporated in December 2025 and is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in New York State. The platform launched with its founding issue in March 2026.
Founder
Chennie Huang is a cultural researcher, writer, and nonprofit leader based in New York City. Her work approaches research and cultural work as forms of reflective practice grounded not only in formal study and professional experience, but also in sustained engagement with social and material environments beyond institutional settings. She holds an MA from the City University of New York, where her thesis focused on modern Chinese art historiography and cultural narratives during periods of political transformation. Prior to founding Axis of Culture, she established and led an international contemporary art magazine and has conducted interviews and written criticism engaging artists and thinkers across contemporary culture and critical theory. She previously served as President of Artists Talk On Art, a legacy art organization whose archives are held by the Smithsonian Institution. She has also written for artist-centered organizations such as ISCP and Flux Factory. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Axis of Culture.
Our Board
Becky Brown is an Assistant Professor of Painting at the University at Buffalo. Her work and scholarship explore materiality, language, and the handmade mark as alternatives to screen-based culture; she has exhibited at The Drawing Center, the Queens Museum, and PS122 Gallery, and her writing has appeared in Art in America and The Brooklyn Rail.
Jen Mazza is a New York City-based contemporary artist, writer, and educator whose practice draws on philosophy, literature, and visual culture. Her work has been exhibited at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Ulterior Gallery, and the James Gallery at CUNY, and she has been written about in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and Art in America. She teaches at Pratt Institute and The New School Parsons.
We are especially grateful to John Rexine, Mary Parker, Theodore Bouloukos, and Douglas Collins for their early and generous support of Axis of Culture.