Phillip Bloom

As curator of The Huntington’s Chinese Garden, Phillip E. Bloom seeks to shape the garden’s intellectual and cultural life by interpreting it through tours, lectures, and exhibitions and by enlivening it with public programs, concerts, and an annual artist’s residency. He is a specialist in the history of gardens, designed landscapes, and Buddhist art and ritual of China’s Song dynasty (960–1279). He received his Ph.D. in Chinese art history from Harvard University in 2013. Prior to joining The Huntington in 2017, he served as assistant professor of East Asian...