Ruofan Chen (b.1996, Hubei, China), currently lives and works in Shanghai. She holds an MFA from the Royal College of Art, London, and a BFA from the School of Visual Arts, NY.
Through paintings, installations, and videos, Chen focuses on the intricacy of human emotions and their ebbs and flows by meticulously depicting the carriers that support them and the imperceptible changes between them. Navigating between the multi-layered digital world and physical reality, she caches memories and emotions within her built objects, attempting to intervene in their natural trajectories. Her attention to ecological rhythms related to “slowness” often leads to a construction process characterized by a chronic, non-dramatic, non-lethal state that awaits activation.