Assistant Professor

Research 

Critical Design/Speculative Design

Art and Science

Bio Art & Design

Education Background

2017 M.A. Design Interactions, Royal College of Art, UK

2012 B.A. Digital Media Design, Tongji University

2012 minor in. Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of T.C.M.

Work Experience

2018-2019 Visiting Researcher / Residency Artist, Dept. Nutrition and Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, NL

2017-2017 Residency Artist, ‘Meta-Design and Speculation’, Taipei Digital Art Center

2016-2017 Visiting Researcher / Residency Artist, SymbioticA Bio-Art Lab, University of West Australia

2014-2019 Visiting Lecturer, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University

2013-2015 Co-Founder, CASP (Critical Art and Science Practice) Lab, Shanghai

2009-2011 Intern Doctor, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine

Exhibitions

2019 Huayu Art Center, Sanya

2019 FREE PANORAMA – 2019 Shenzhen New Media Art Festival, Shenzhen

2018 ReShape – Mutating Systems, Bodies and Perspectives, MU ArtSpace, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

2018 PERFECTION, Science Gallery Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

2018‘Meta and Speculation – Bio Art Exhibition’, Digital Art Center, Taipei 

2017 Atypical Human – Interdisciplinary Art Exhibition’, YIRI ARTS Space, Taipei 

2016 By Other Means Gallery, London, UK 

2016 Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2015 The Ballad of Generation Y, OCAT, Shanghai 

Honors and Awards

2019 Art Sanya – Huayu Youth Award, Shortlisted, Sanya, China

2018 Bio Art & Design Award, Winner, The Netherlands

2017 SymbioticA Residency, Winner, Australia

2016 Helen Hamlyn Design Awards, Shortlisted, UK

Contact

Email: yiyunchen.xs@gmail.com

Web: chen-yiyun.com