About Julie Grundvig Lu

Julie Grundvig Lu is the founder and director of Museum Bento. She is a writer and educator, with a specialty in Asian art, history and literature.

Julie has been writing and teaching about Asia for over twenty years. She attended university in Xi'an, China, where she studied Chinese language and history, and has also lived in Beijing and Taipei, Taiwan.

She has traveled extensively throughout the Asia Pacific region and has a keen interest in Asian art, folklore and intangible heritage. She is passionate about introducing young people to the diversity of the arts and cultural heritage of the Pacific Rim and helping them make connections to their own communities.

Julie holds an MA from the University of British Columbia in Classical Chinese literature and an MA in Museum Studies (heritage interpretation and education) from the University of Leicester, UK.

She is a member of the National Art Education Association, BC Art Teachers Association and former Co-President of the Canadian Society for Asian Arts.

Julie is co-author of twelve travel guides to China and Northeast Asia, including Lonely Planet's China, Beijing and Taiwan, as well as Fodor's Beijing and China guides. She has been editor of Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art since 2002.