Kemin Hu

Kemin Hu is the author of two books: "The Spirit of Gongshi: Chinese Scholar's Rocks" and "Scholar's Rocks in Ancient China - Suyuan Stone Catalogue." Both books have successfully helped spread the appreciation of Scholar's Stones to the West.

Kemin's passionate interests in Scholar's Stones or Gongshi, come from her father, Hu Zhao-Kang, who was a noted connoisseur of Chinese Bonsai, Penjing, Gongshi and Chinese antiquities for 50 years of his life. Kemin's own vast collection of Scholar's Rocks has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including a 100-piece Exhibit in the New York Chinese Scholar's Garden at the Staten Island Botanical Garden in 2002. She has given a number of talks and lectures at the Asia Society in New York City, at MIT's Boston Club Event, and during many stone symposiums.

In 2003, she was invited by CCTV (Chinese Central Television) to be interviewed on Scholar's Rocks as part of an expert forum on the popular TV program "Art and Collection." Some scholars in this field praise her as the most renowned woman connoisseur of Chinese Scholar's Stones in 400 years.