About
My name is Renee Jin, and I am an interdisciplinary researcher and multi-media artist currently enrolled in the doctoral program at the Visual & Cultural Studies program at the University of Rochester. My artistic trajectory originated at the Rhode Island School of Design, where I completed a BFA in Sculpture with honors in 2018. Since then, I have been actively collaborating with filmmakers, curators, and educators in China to broaden my understanding of materials and engage in critical discourses on topics such as urbanization, gentrification, labor, and education. In 2022, I obtained an MFA from the distinguished Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing, where I had the privilege of immersing myself in a thriving local artistic community.
My research and creative endeavors are situated at the intersection of several fields, including contemporary art, visual anthropology, anthropology of art, Asian studies, and critical pedagogy. My doctoral study seeks to examine how the instability of urban villages can elucidate the intricate social identity of marginalized avant-garde artists, as well as the function that local manual laborers play in art production in China.
My artworks have shown in the United States and internationally and my personal and collaborative films have screened at Beijing BACA Art Center, the 40th Torino Film Festival, Dubai Film@, Buenos Aires International Film Festival, CPH: DOX*, among others.
A color photo of Renee holding a bouquet of artificial flowers in her mouth. Photo credit goes to Adrienne Hugh.
Contact
(Email me for a copy of my CV)
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Waste Aesthetics, Frontispace Gallery, Rochester, New York
37 x 33 cm, Yuan Museum, Beijing, China
2024
I’m Rooted, but I Flow, Santo Hall, Beijing, China (solo)
2023
The 23rd China (Nan’an) Shuitou International Stone Expo, Quanzhou, China
Graphic Poems, EGG Gallery, Beijing, China
Stream 2023, Windham, Vermont
The Other, One Atelier, Beijing, China
Polyphonic Forms, Santo Hall, Beijing, China
2022
Sharp Edge (The Invitational Exhibition of CAFA Graduates), Meet You Museum, Shanghai, China
Loading…, CAFA Graduation Season, Online Exhibition
2021
The Knickknack Peddler, Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair, Guangzhou, China
Insight & Vision Special Project: Pathway, Yinshanhu Art Meseum and UCCA Lab, Suzhou, China
Interspace, Block 14 CAFA, Beijing, China
Silver Ages, Aotu Space, Beijing, China
2020
Monk’s Love, BACA Art Center, Beijing, China (solo)
Masc., Coastal Contemporary Gallery, Newport, RI
2019
In-Between States, ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL
2018
Something Worth Stealing: RISD Sculpture Senior Final Show, 130 Point Street, Providence, RI
Perspective Shape the Face, 1 Sims Ave., Providence, RI (as artist and curator)
Watch the Arc, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence RI
We Thought of You, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
Sculpture Triennial Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Graduates Art Fair Shenzhen China, Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, China
2017
Pure as a Seagull’s Belly, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
MESH, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University, Providence, RI
RedGreen/BlueYellow, Space 369, Saint Paul, MN
Cenci, Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, RI
Time. Space. Place: Global Thoughts and Practices at RISD, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Basta, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy
Hic Jacet: Group Show, Castle of Sant’Eusanio Forconese, Castelvecchio, Italy
La Tiny Biennale è giunta alla 5°edizione, Temple University, Rome, Italy
Late Night Pundit, FRI-ENDS, Providence, RI
Permanent Parabasis, Gallery 99, Providence, RI
Awagami Print Expression 2016, Bumpodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
+1/Year of the Rooster, The Clemento Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY
Bibliography and Interview
Renee Yu Jin | The World is a Playground. Santo Hall. November 19, 2024.
Talk Recap | “Floating” and “Involution”—The Intuitive Transformation of Sculpture. CAFA ART INFO. November 14, 2024.
Jin Yu: A Floating Playground to Dissolve Involution. Artnet. November 09, 2024.
Young Artist Recommendation | Jin Yu: “Translating” Social Phenomena. ART ABSOLOTE. November 06, 2024.
Insight & Vision. Yinshanhu Art Museum. Suzhou, China. May 27, 2021.
MASC.: A Refreshingly Well-Rounded Look at Masculinity. By Emily Bass for Art New England. March 19, 2020.
MASC.: Exploring the Power Dynamics of Gender- Driven Domination. By Cathren Housley for Motif Magazine. March 4, 2020.
Overseas Artist Residency Series. Phoenix Art. Online. October 3, 2019.
Set on a Life in the Arts. By Lauren Maas. RISD. June 3, 2018.