Yiyun Chen
Yiyun Chen graduated from BA in New Media Design of Tongji University(Shanghai) and MA in Design Interactions of Royal College of Arts(London), and obtained a diploma at University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(Shanghai). She currently lives and works in Shanghai and London.
Drawing and film are main mediums of her narrative works which often based on fictional scenarios, aiming to provide alternative prospectives by raising dilemmatic questions through proposing critical concepts. Her personal observation towards individual is subtle and delicate. Chen currently interests in the realms where design, psychology and medicine connect, and her work now mainly concerned with the human physical body under topic of disease and medical psychology.
陈逸云
先后就读于上海同济大学新媒体设计系，英国皇家艺术学院交互设计系，并曾于上海中医药大学系统学习过医学。现工作生活于上海、伦敦。她带有叙事性的作品常设置在虚构的情景之下，通过看似荒谬却似是而非的观念提供替代性的观念与视角，并常以绘画和影像作为主要媒介呈现。陈逸云当下兴趣着眼于设计、人文、医疗的交叉领域。她关注在健康、病痛状态转换下的身体，以及个体的疾病心理和行为、社会文化因素对身体态度的影响。
yiyunchen.xs@gmail.com
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EDUCATION
2012 M.A. Design Interactions, Royal College of Art, LONDON
2007 B.A. Art Designing, College of Design & Innovation, Tongji University, SHANGHAI
2008 DIPLOMA Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of T.C.M.
AWARD
2011 HALF POT, The President’s Jury Award Of ‘Creative M50’ Innovative Young Designers & Artists In 2011
2010 EVEN BLIND, The Top Price Of Tongji University Second Video Competition
2009 BRAILLE CARD, The Honor Award Of ‘Secondary Use’, American Greetings
2009 UTERUS DREAM, Be Shortlisted Of ‘Dream Lab – Art & Science Team Challenge’ Of British Embassy
EXHIBITION
2014 HARVEST UNWELLNESS, Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
2013 CASP Exhibition, Lab of Critical Art and Science Practice, Sino-Finnish Centre, Tongji University
2012 QUANTUM, WIP Show, Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
2011 GEOMETRY, ‘Eco Chic – Towards Sino-Swedish Sustainable Fashion’ Exhibition, Shanghai
2008 MICRO UNIVERSE, International Students’ Exhibition of Shanghai Biennale 2008
EVENT
2013 Bio-Art Workshop: Why and How we Kill a C. auratus for Scientific Purposes. Cooperate with: Taiwan Bio-Art Community; College of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University
2013 Possible Futures of Evolution, Bio-design Forum,Tongji University, Shanghai
TALK
2014 Mirage: Design for.., Bio-design Forum: Possible Futures of Evolution, Shanghai,China
2013 Deisng for Death, Tongji University, China
2013 Critical and Speculative Design, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
EXPERIENCE
2013-2015 VISITING TUTOR, College Of Design & Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2013-2014 CO-FOUNDER, CASP(Critical Art and Science Practice) Lab, Shanghai, China
2014 WORKSHOP HOST, Bio-Art Workshop: Why and How we Kill a C. auratus for Scientific Purposes, Shanghai, China
2011 INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP, Germany Whitevoid+Derivative ‘Reactive Objects’
2011 INTERNSHIP, The First ‘Innovative International Express’, Shanghai, Moscow,and Helsinki
2010 CO-DIRECTOR, The Opening Film Of ‘Cumulus Shanghai Conference 2010 Opening Ceremony’
2010 DIRECTOR, The Promotion Film For American Synergy Animation Co.
2010 ART EDITOR, The Tongji University Brochure Of 2010 Shanghai Expo
2009 WEB DESIGNER, Fangduoduo.com Web Co.
PRESS
2015 Working Carehome, ARC#19 CONTAGION, UK