About Ruyi

EDUCATION

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

Providence, RI, 2020-20

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture
Concentration: East Asia Regional Studies
Honor Student 2022

Brown University

Providence, RI, 2022

EAST 1931 Market Economy, Popular Culture, and Mass Media in Contemporary China.

EXPERIENCES

Artist Assistant, Yasue Maetake
Jan 2024 - Feb 2024
Working with various fabrication techniques across metal, wood, clay, resin and casting.

Peer Tutor and Technician, RISD Co-works

Sep 2023 - Dec 2023

Giving Instruction on equipment, Learn new making skills and software proficiencies, experiment with combining techniques and technologies.

Art Editorial Intern, Shanghai Media Group Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

Design Typography, formatted text and graphic for new report posts. Communicate and translate clients concepts into visual posters for Media outreach.

Fashion Stylist Assistant, FILA China

Aug 2020

Orangnize lookbooks and merchandise for photoshoots. Assist models through the fitting process and constantly adjust their looks on shoot.

Editorial Intern, Tatler Asia

Jun 2020- Jul 2020

Text translation. Interviewed eco-friendly creators and published social media posts. Assisted on site photoshoot for influencers. Arranged discussion workshops with content creators.

PUBLICATIONS

The Indy
Volume 48 Issue 04—2024

EXHIBITIONS

Neither Confirm nor Deny
Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence RI—2024

Each Thing Everyone
Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence RI—2023

There’s No Hope for Love in Rhode Island
Memorial Hall, Providence RI—2023

Liquid Collective
20 Washington Place, Providence RI— 2022

SKILLS

3D: Woodworking (Machines and Wood carving), Metal working (Sheet metal sculpting, Welding), Mold casting (Plaster, Wax, Resin), 3D fabrication

2D: Drawing (Charcoal, Pencil, Watercolor, Pastel, Oil painting, Gouache)

Computer: Photoshop, Illustrator, After effects, Adobe Animate, Indesign, Sketch-up, Rhino, Carbide Create and Microsoft office

Language: Chinese (Native), English (Native)

RELEVANT STUDIO

Retooling, Sculpture Studio Elective

FALL 2023

Research and craft simple solutions to problems encountered in the art making process by incorporating skills like tool making, mig welding, tig welding, casting for prototyping, metalcasting, woodworking, and mold making

FASHION?, Interdisciplinary Studies/Apparel Design
SPR 2023
Exploring the meaning of the discipline through a multi-disciplinary lens, this course charged students to work collaboratively by exploring the relation between the body and the notions in fine arts.