EDUCATION
2018 MFA Photography and Related Media, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2014 BFA Painting + Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
SOLO EXHIBITION
2026 触红 (Touching Red), Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China, Curator: Wang Jiayi & Sun Qidong
2024 Synaptic Forest, 212 Photography Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Curator: Banu Tunçağ
2024 Fractured Delights, Fotografiska Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, Curator: Maarja Loorents
2024 Synaptic Forest, Fotografiska Museum, Shanghai, China, Curator: Han Peipei
2023 Metamorphosis, Embodied, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, Curator: Paul Nicholson
2023 Fractured Delights, Gallery 51, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA, Curator: Nicholas Rigger
2022 Tintinnabulations, Lauren Powell Project, Los Angeles, CA
2021 In the Woods, Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM, Curator: Aubrey Hobart
2021 The Sin Park, Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
2019 The Sin Park, TSI / Harland Snodgrass Media Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2019 The Sin Park, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN, Curator: Terry Phillips
GROUP EXHIBITION/SCREENING
2025 15 Fotografiska Years, Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden, Curator: Lisa Giomar Hydén
2025 Overlapping Shadows, NAFI 2025 Nanjing International Art Season Main Exhibition (Presented by Arario Gallery), Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China, Curators: Zhang Liqi, He Xiao, and Meng Xianhui
2025 Ripple Effect, ArtPrize at Resonant Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI, Curator: Jacklyn Brickman/Eric Souther
2024 Arario Collection, Arario Museum, Jeju, South Korea
2024 17 Days Video Series, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2023 Hello Animation Festival, Tulsa, OK
2023 Alt-World, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY, Curator: Eric Souther
2022 Cute Gloom, Lauren Powell Project, Los Angeles, CA
2021 “Ren Zhi Chu”, ZAZ Corner Billboard, Times Square, NYC, Curator: Sean Capone
2021 Clock-Watching, Site-specific projection, Daniels & Fisher Tower, Black Cube Nomadic Museum, Denver, CO
2020 Homeland, The Immigrant Artist Biennial, NYC, Curator: Katya Grohovsky
2020 E-Motional Support Group, Curator: Lauren Powell
2019 Avatar Poetics, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY, Curator: Sean Capone
2019 Satellite Art Show NYC, Paradice Palase, New York
2019 Behind the Scene, NARS 2019 Season III Residency Exhibition, NYC
2019 Wild, Wild Earth, New York Live Arts, New York, Curator: Poppy DeltaDawn
2019 Pleasure in Precariousness, Thomas Erben Gallery, NYC
2019 Multiversant, Chashama, 340 E 64 St, NYC
2019 Everywoman Biennial, Film Category, NYC
2019 Travels Through the Unreal, Outpost Artists Resources, NYC, Curator: Ann Haeyoung
2019 Light Year 47: Tales of Diverted Reality, Manhattan Bridge, Light Year and ChaNorth, NY, Curator: ChaNorth
2018 Stockholm Fringe Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 Off the Wall 2018, Art + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
2018 Midnight, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Maracay International Film & Video Festival, Maracay, Venezuela
2018 Scenes from an Unwritten Fairytale, Lefktron Castle Beaufort Festival, Mani, Greece
2018 Video Art Miden, Archaeological Museum of Messenia, Kalamate, Greece
2018 Just Experimenting: Playing the Sexual Edge of Film, Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco
2018 The Cube Art Project Biannual Competition, The Cube Art Project, Lincoln, NE
2018 Future Artifact: Creative Tech Week Exhibition, Plexus Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2018 CuratorSpace: Digital Art Exhibition, Leeds Digital Festival, Leeds, UK
2018 BF Film Festival VI, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK
2018 Redefining, Jiye Art Museum, Suzhou, China
2017 Illuminate, ImageOut and NeighborWorks at The Point, Rochester, NY, Pop-up event
AWARDS/RESIDENCY/GRANT
2025 Golden Foundation Residency, New Berlin, NY
2022-23 Benedetti Fellowship, MCLA Arts & Culture, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA
2022 MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
2021 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Interdisciplinary, New York
2020-21 Roswell Artist in Residency, Roswell, NM
2019 Institute for Electronic Arts Residency, Alfred University, NY
2019 Fellowship Recipient/ NARS Foundation Residency, NY
2019 Crosstown Arts Residency, TN
2018 New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, NY
2018 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, VT
2018 MASS MoCA Studio Residency, MA
2018 RIT Juried Video Competition, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2018 ChaNorth, Chashama Summer Residency, NY
2018 Best in Show, Midnight, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2018 The Shell House Summer Artist Residency, NY
2018 2nd Place Prize, Just Experimenting: Playing the Sexual Edge of Film, Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco
2018 1st Place Grand Winner, The Cube Art Project Biannual Competition, Lincoln, NE
ARTIST TALKS/LECTURES/EVENTS
2026 Visiting Artist, Foundation, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2025 Guest Lecturer, Computer Animation, University of Pennsylvania, PA
2025 Visual Arts Lecture Series, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
2024 Artist Talk, Fotografiska Museum, Shanghai, China
2023 Artist Lecture, Ithaca College Art, Art History, & Architecture Visiting Artists Series, Ithaca, NY
2023 Modes of Relationship, Conversation between Wang Chen and Mikayla Patton, Moderated by Dr. Eunice Uhm, MCLA Arts & Culture, North Adams, MA
2022 Guest Lecture, 3D Illustration, Parsons, NYC, NY
2022 Artist Talk, Arts & Culture, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA
2022 Visiting Lecturer, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2022 Guest Lecture, Animation Department, California State University, CA
2022 Guest Lecture, Fine Arts, SVA, NYC, NY
2021 Guest Lecture, Illustration Department, Parsons, NYC, NY
2021 Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2021 Artist Talk, In the Woods, Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
2020 TIAB Virtual Studio Visit with Wang Chen, The Immigrant Artist Biennial
2020 Guest Artist, Hosted by Kristin McWharter: Femmebit Take Over
2020 “Artists Respond in the Time of Covid”, Artist Discussion, Immigrant Artist Biennial Hosted by Katya Grohovsky, HC Huynh
2019 Artist Talk, Living Room Light Exchange Program, NYC, NY
2019 Artist Talk, Multiversant Exhibition, NYC, NY
2019 Visiting Artist, Foundation Program, Pratt Institute, NYC, NY
2019 Artist Lecture, Painting Department, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
2019 Crosstown Artist Talk, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2019 Panel Discussion, Hosted by Celine Wong Katzman, Outpost Artist Resources, NYC, NY