Ruofan Chen

1996

China

2019 – 2021 Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom.
2015 – 2019 School of Visual Arts, New York, United States.
2012 – 2015 Affiliated High School To China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China.

Born in 1996, Hubei, China, Ruofan Chen is an artist based in London and works with installation, sculpture, painting, and drawing.

Ruofan Chen’s work criticizes the excessive use of screens and the error of information in modern society. While trying to create emotional connections with nature, her work evokes the sensibility in an over-digitalised and mechanical society.

Selected Events

Exhibitions:

2020 ‘Feed Your Demons and Meet the Ally’ at ONE Project, London, United Kingdom.
2020 ‘Social Distance’ at The Royal @RSOAA in New York, United States.
2020 ‘Beyond the Fence’ at Wells Projects, London, United Kingdom.
2020 ‘Counter Point’ at Courtyard Gallery RCA, London, United Kingdom.
2020 ‘Dream’ at Grapevine, London, United Kingdom.
2020 ‘Tumbleweed& Walking People’ at No Space, London, United Kingdom.
2020 ‘Anthropologio’ at Gallery Art Number 23, Athens, Greece.
2020 ‘Seen Forms’ at HYB4 Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic.
2019 ‘Open’ at Deptford Does Art, London, United Kingdom.
2019 ‘Vicious Circle’ at Gallery Art Number 23, London, United Kingdom.
2019 ‘Rechewing’ at RCA Dyson Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2019 ‘LIGHT’ at SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, United States.
2019 ‘Liminality’ at SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, United States.
2019 ‘Silence’ at School of Visual Arts, New York, United States.
2018 ‘Dacia Gallery Eight Year Anniversary Exhibition’ at Dacia Gallery, New York, United States.
2017 ‘Alumni Retrospect Exhibition of CAA’ at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China.

Public Collections:

China Health & Medical Development Foundation.
Tsinghua Holdings AI Industrial Foundation, China.
China Academy of Art.
JiangSu Zize Dongjin Asset Management Co., Ltd, China.
Zhongjin Investment Holding Co., Ltd, China.
Zijin Qingkong Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd, China.

Honours:

2019 Nominated for International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in ‘Contemporary Sculpture Award’
2019 Selected in ‘Annual 20/20 Catalog’ in School of Visual Arts, New York, United States.
2018 Lectures to young artists in China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China.