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Ruofan Chen's (b. 1996) practice engages slow, chronic forms of harm; invisible forces that quietly accumulate within bodies and environments, leading her to liken the Earth to a body. Her work begins with embodied perception: immediate sensory encounters where breath, skin, and nerves register environmental erosion. These lived experiences, breathing particulate-heavy air and handling industrial residue, initiate cyclical processes of material gathering and studio creation. Through this method, she visibly renders the gradual clogging of vital systems, making tangible what remains imperceptible until damage becomes irreversible.

 

Some recent solo exhibitions and projects include: “Art Specturm”, Hoam Museum, 2026; “Dull ache”, LC Queisser, 2026; ”Dust”,shower, Seoul, 2025; “shelter”, BANK, Shanghai, 2024; Recent selected group exhibitions include:  “Stay Connected: Supplying the Global” at Tai Kwun Contemporary Art, Hongkong  The 15th Shanghai Biennale “Does the flower hear the bee?, Power Station of Art; “Codes of Tides” at Tory House Art Foundation, London,UK; “The Cloud Catcher” at Galerie Perrotin, Shanghai, China, 2025；2024; “Super Community”, TANK Shanghai, Shanghai, 2024；Aranya Plein Air, Chengde, 2023; “PROXY,” Cromwell Place, London, 2021; “Media Art; Reinterpreted Time”, Saatchi Gallery, London. She has participated in several residency programs including: K11 Group X ArtReview Artist-in-Residence Programme, Wuhan, China, 2024; Artist Residency at The Arctic Hideaway Fleinveer, Bods, Norway, 2023; Artist Residency at AranyaArt Center, Beidaihe, 2023; "RanRan" Young Artist Incubation Program by Xintiandi x UCCA, Shanghai, China, 2023. She was awarded as “RanRan” Young Artist Prize by UCCA x XINTIANDI, Shanghai, China (2023) ,Young creators recognition Award by AUDI x to summer, China(2025) and Honor award of Galerie Biesenbach “ART MATTERS 2”, Cologne, Germany (2020), shortlisted by Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK (2023), New Contemporaries, London, UK (2022), and nominated for International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in “Contemporary Sculpture Award,” New York, USA (2019).

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