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Yixuan Chen

Yixuan Chen

Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Before studying Master of art curatorship, Yixuan had two experiences working in art galleries. Yixuan has been exposed to art since childhood, this helps Yixuan to create a unique aesthetic and understanding of space design. Yixuan is very interested in art history and reading books related to this aspect and watching movies. Yixuan loves travel and photography, which means communicating with people is easy for Yixuan and has strong empathy. Yixuan always has a curious heart to new things, willing to bear hardships and stand hard work.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Exhibition Execution

A4 Art Museum
03.2023 - 06.2024

Internship

Project 1 - James Jane Solo Exhibition

  • Participate in the preparation of the James Jane Solo Exhibition, including James Jane's information collection, collation, research and media release
  • Communicate with James Jane and complete the exhibition plan for the preparatory work, including space scale, purchase exhibition needs materials and etc.
  • Exhibition construction work

Project 2 - International Department of Residency

  • Participate in the pre-planning phase of the International Department of Residency, including investigating Chengdu local associations, art-related and other creative institutions and groups and giving the resident cooperation mode of the mini planning case
  • Collect and collate the resident artists' information

Director

IMG Comfort Norway Furniture
01.2022 - 04.2022

Internship

Project - Commercial shooting

  • Media publicity - planning a 'Norway chairs' shooting plan in Xinjiang. Bringing chairs to grassland echoes the concept of Norway, which is to 'take a Norway break'.
  • Responsible for product sales and activity planning.


Operations Executive

Gaotai Gallery
01.2021 - 04.2021

Internship

Project/exhibition

New Year Special Exhibition I Love You, National and International Artists Group Exhibition

Swiss Contemporary Photography Tour Between Mountains, Hills and Lakes

DOS Xinjiang Art Festival


  • Responsible for KOL publicity, including Little Red Book/TikTok/WeChat Social Media
  • Design Store Operations and Inventory Arrangement
  • Gaotai activities on-site implementation, including participation in exhibition arrangement and withdrawal, planning exhibitions and project management
  • Audience reception, provide exhibition tour, responsible for exhibition ticketing statistics analysis


Assistant

Arty Station Gallery
10.2017 - 01.2021

Participate in the organization of studio activities (small art exhibitions, promotional bazaars, workshops, etc.)

Curator

School Project
01.2020 - 02.2020

The exhibition VoidxFull brings together the different works of students throughout the semester. As the main curator, I divided more than 20 students into five groups: Photography group, media group, advertising group, exhibition hall design group and finance group. This exhibition is to discuss the relationship between virtual and real with the theme of VoidxFull. I also participated in the sculpture works of "Missing Love" with the theme of lack of love and won high praise.

Education

MBA - Master of Art Curatorship

University of Melbourne
Parkville, VIC
07.2026

BBA - Interior Architecture

University of Tech Sydney
Sydney, NSW
11.2022

Skills

  • Office-works
  • Ps
  • Ai
  • Rhino
  • SketchUp
  • Archicad
  • Enscape
  • Painting
  • Photographs and video editing
  • Chinese and English

Languages

English
Chinese

Hobbies and Interests

  • Photography and Tourism
  • Film
  • Things related to art are very concerning
  • Gym and Food
  • Pets

Timeline

Exhibition Execution

A4 Art Museum
03.2023 - 06.2024

Director

IMG Comfort Norway Furniture
01.2022 - 04.2022

Operations Executive

Gaotai Gallery
01.2021 - 04.2021

Curator

School Project
01.2020 - 02.2020

Assistant

Arty Station Gallery
10.2017 - 01.2021

MBA - Master of Art Curatorship

University of Melbourne

BBA - Interior Architecture

University of Tech Sydney
Yixuan Chen