BIO

Ruby Chen was born in 2001 in Shanghai, China, where the artist continues to work and reside. She is an emerging multidisciplinary artist specializing in sculptures inspired by ancient vessels and brutalist architecture. She experiments with multiple mediums, and practices in the abstraction of materials to evoke their anthropomorphic qualities.

Fascinated by the contrast of human desires, and the social structure in which they exist under, Chen inquires on the clashing yet coexisting impulses: the urge to break free of confinement and be reborn anew, versus the primal compulsion to repeat the past. Of particular significance is Chen’s ongoing “Cubical” series. Commenced in 2024, the artist explores the human psyche, leaking out of the industrial steel boxes in forms such as rusted quotes, tangled hair, and beating sounds, among others. 

Chen is currently exhibiting with LUmkA, NYC. The artist’s works can be found in various international private collections.

CV

Born in Shanghai, China, where the artist continues to work and reside

EDUCATION

2023 Economics, NYU College of Arts and Science BA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Don’t, Don’t Do It Again, Alexia Project, Shanghai, China

2024 Cult of Domesticity, LUmkA, New York, US

2024 Embracing the Unknown, MenLo Studio Gallery & Residency, Jingdezhen, China

2024 ASSEMBLY, New Art Dealers Alliance, curated by Katie A. Pfohl

2023 Best Asian Artist, The Holy Art Gallery, London, UK

2023 SKIN/IN SITU, LUmkA, New York, US

PUBLICATIONS

“LUmkA Presents The Cult of Domesticity Showcasing The Work of Ilayda Celik, Ruby Chen, Nereida Patricia & Eden Taff,” Mundane Magazine, 2024

Falb, Sam. “The Shows You Need to See in New York This October,” Elephant Magazine, 8 October 2024

Scourtez, Zoe. “LUmkA: Abstraction as Reality,” Hazze Media, 2024

“Annotations on SKIN/IN SITU,” Ninety Seven, 2023

“The PostModern Grotesque,” FreeSwim NYU Tisch, 2022


RESIDENCIES

2024 Embracing The Unknown, MenLo Studio Gallery & Residency, Jingdezhen, China