Chen Ruofan currently lives and works in Shanghai. She holds an MFA from the Royal College of Art and BFA in the School of Visual Arts.
Her current work focuses on the intricacy of human emotions and how they ebb and flow at the most obscure end. Through various forms, techniques, and mediums, she meticulously selects and portrays subjective carriers of feelings and the subtle changes within. With grass and woods, breathing and exhaling, her works naturally celebrate the spontaneity of human emotions. Also, by depicting how emotions penetrate and transfer through objects, her pieces resonate and highlight the connection between nature and technology.
Her recent solo exhibitions and projects include: “Time moves with merciful slowness”, Gallery Func, Shanghai, 2023; “White Peach”, Powerlong Art Center, Xiamen, 2020; “Property of Neutral”, Paper Gallery, Manchester, 2020; Group exhibitions include: aranya plein air, Chengde, 2023;“8 Chinese artist during Frieze” at Gallery Rosenfeld, London, 2022; “Romantic Street Dance” at Gene Gallery, Shanghai, 2022; “PROXY”, Cromwell Place, London, 2021; “Media Art; reinterpreted time”, Sattchi Gallery, London, 2021; “Low Fever”, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, 2021; “Carry-On”, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, 2021; “Phase Transition”, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, 2020. She was awarded as “ranran” Young Artist Prize by UCCA x XINTIANDI, Shanghai, China (2023) 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), nominated for International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in “Contemporary Sculpture Award”, New York, USA (2019).