Ruofan Chen
Ruofan Chen, Slowly Bending Beneath the Accumulation, 2026, Installation: wood, aluminium, sawdust, shadows; Window: oil on silk-linen fabric, organza, polyester fibre, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 660 x 450 x 570 cm
Ruofan Chen, Slowly Bending Beneath the Accumulation, 2026, Installation: wood, aluminium, sawdust, shadows; Window: oil on silk-linen fabric, organza, polyester fibre, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 660 x 450 x 570 cm
Ruofan Chen, Suffocating, 2026, Installation: wood, aluminum, cutting dust, shadow; window: oil on silk, linen, silk, organza, polyester, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 1500 x 1500 x 360 cm
Ruofan Chen, Suffocating, 2026, Installation: wood, aluminum, cutting dust, shadow; window: oil on silk, linen, silk, organza, polyester, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 1500 x 1500 x 360 cm
Ruofan Chen, Suffocating, 2026, Installation: wood, aluminum, cutting dust,shadow; window: oil on silk, linen, silk, organza, polyester, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 1500 x 1500 x 360 cm
Ruofan Chen, Suffocating, 2026, Installation: wood, aluminum, cutting dust,shadow; window: oil on silk, linen, silk, organza, polyester, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 1500 x 1500 x 360 cm
Ruofan Chen, Suffocating, 2026, Installation: wood, aluminum, cutting dust, shadow; window: oil on silk, linen, silk, organza, polyester, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 1500 x 1500 x 360cm
Ruofan Chen, Suffocating, 2026, Installation: wood, aluminum, cutting dust, shadow; window: oil on silk, linen, silk, organza, polyester, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 1500 x 1500 x 360cm
Ruofan Chen, Suffocating, 2026, Installation: wood, aluminum, cutting dust, shadow; window: oil on silk, linen, silk, organza, polyester, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 1500 x 1500 x 360 cm
Ruofan Chen, Suffocating, 2026, Installation: wood, aluminum, cutting dust, shadow; window: oil on silk, linen, silk, organza, polyester, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 1500 x 1500 x 360 cm
Ruofan Chen, Infiltration(corner), 2026, glass, Xanthan Gum, Biological antibacterial preservative, water, rubber
Ruofan Chen, Infiltration(corner), 2026, glass, Xanthan Gum, Biological antibacterial preservative, water, rubber
Ruofan Chen, Infiltration(corner) (detail), 2026, glass, Xanthan Gum, Biological antibacterial preservative, water, rubber
Ruofan Chen, Infiltration(corner) (detail), 2026, glass, Xanthan Gum, Biological antibacterial preservative, water, rubber
Ruofan Chen, The Cross-Section Is Dangerous, 2026, fiberglass wall, fishing line, pva, 870 x 353 x 35 cm
Ruofan Chen, The Cross-Section Is Dangerous, 2026, fiberglass wall, fishing line, pva, 870 x 353 x 35 cm
Ruofan Chen, Almost stagnant, 2026, silicone-modified plaster, recycled Georgian wood, aluminum alloy, 160 × 117 × 155 cm, 160 × 35 × 130 cm
Ruofan Chen, Almost stagnant, 2026, silicone-modified plaster, recycled Georgian wood, aluminum alloy, 160 × 117 × 155 cm, 160 × 35 × 130 cm
Ruofan Chen, Vessels, 2026, fuel feed line, sawdust, woodchip, 400 × 27 × 45 cm; 400 × 110 × 35 cm
Ruofan Chen, Vessels, 2026, fuel feed line, sawdust, woodchip, 400 × 27 × 45 cm; 400 × 110 × 35 cm
Ruofan Chen, Vessels (detail), 2026, fuel feed line, sawdust, woodchip, 400 × 27 × 45 cm; 400 × 110 × 35 cm
Ruofan Chen, Vessels (detail), 2026, fuel feed line, sawdust, woodchip, 400 × 27 × 45 cm; 400 × 110 × 35 cm
Ruofan Chen, penetration, 2026, silicone, georgian wool, canned cat food, sawdust, wood, bamboo, Dimensions variable
Ruofan Chen, penetration, 2026, silicone, georgian wool, canned cat food, sawdust, wood, bamboo, Dimensions variable
Ruofan Chen, Dust, 2025, Installation: wood, aluminum, cutting dust, shadow; Window part (layer of dust): oil on Canvas, linen, cotton, silk, organza, polyester, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 325 x 1290 x 700 cm
Ruofan Chen, Dust, 2025, Installation: wood, aluminum, cutting dust, shadow; Window part (layer of dust): oil on Canvas, linen, cotton, silk, organza, polyester, cotton thread, linen thread, silk thread, beech wood, 325 x 1290 x 700 cm
Ruofan Chen, Dust, 2025, sawdust, sand, gravel, wood chips, cotton thread, nylon multi-filament yarn, steel wire, steel plate
Ruofan Chen, Dust, 2025, sawdust, sand, gravel, wood chips, cotton thread, nylon multi-filament yarn, steel wire, steel plate
Ruofan Chen (b. 1997, Hubei, China) is a Chinese artist who lives and works in Shanghai, China.
Her recent solo exhibitions include Dull Ache, IDAAF Lab, LC Queisser, CAA, Tbilisi (2026); Dust, Shower, Seoul (2025); Shelter, BANK, Shanghai (2024); Time Moves with Merciful Slowness, Gallery Func, Shanghai (2023); White Peach, Powerlong Art Center, Xiamen; Property of Neutral, Paper Gallery, Manchester (2020).
Her works have been presented at BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou, China; Leeum- Hoam Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea ; CC FOUNDATION, Shanghai, China; Stay Connected: Supplying the Global, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2026); The 15th Shanghai Biennale: Does the Flower Hear the Bee?, Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2025); Codes of Tides, Tory House Art Foundation, London (2025); The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai (2025); The Cloud Catcher, Galerie Perrotin, Shanghai (2025); Encoding Phenology, Times Art Museum, Beijing (2024); Super Community, TANK Shanghai (2024); Incarnation, Song Art Museum, Beijing (2024); K11 Art Foundation × ArtReview Art Residency, Wuhan (2024); Ode to the Unexpected, MadeIn Gallery, Shanghai (2024); What Happened after Nora Left?, United Art Centre, Beijing (2023); Whispers of the Forgotten, Xintiandi × UCCA, Shanghai (2023); Sculpture Vibes Cutting Through (In)Accessible Sites, Gravity Art Museum, Beijing (2023); Aranya Plein Air Art Project, Aranya Art Center Jinshanling, Hebei (2023); 8 Chinese Artists during Frieze, Gallery Rosenfeld, London (2022); Media Art: Reinterpreted Time, Saatchi Gallery, London (2021); PROXY, Cromwell Place, London (2021); Low Fever, Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong (2021); Tangle of Revolution and Political Soil, SGA Gallery, Shanghai (2021); The 195th RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (2021); SHRINE Group Show, SHRINE, New York (2021); 36th Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Galleries, London (2020); Unbounded, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Xiamen (2020); Feed Your Demons and Meet the Ally, ONE Project, London (2020); Social Distance, The Royal Society of American Art, New York (2020); Beyond the Fence, Wells Projects, London; Counter Point, Courtyard Gallery RCA, London (2020).
Chen has also participated in artist residencies at Tbilisi Art Residencies, Tbilisi (2026); The Arctic Hideaway Fleinvær, Bodø, Norway (2023); Aranya Art Center, Hebei (2023); and K11 Art Foundation × ArtReview, Wuhan (2024).
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