1992 Born in Shandong Province

2011 Graduated from the Product Design Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor’s degree

2019 Graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Art Institute of Chicago with a master’s degree

Currently studies at the School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts for a Ph.D. degree in Art and Science, works and lives in Beijing

GROUP EXHIBITION

2020

Tube - Beijing Design Week, FaYuanSi, Beijing, China

2019

Bridge - MFA Show，Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, USA

Contact With Me - Our Intimates, Leroy Neiman Center, Chicago, USA

2018

Hug Me - Body and Space，Millennium Plaza, Chicago, USA

Water Caress Me - The Dust of the World,Washed by Droplets of Dew, Museum of Japanese Traditional Architecture, Kagawa, Japan

Secret - Open Studio, Art Institute of Chicago Studio, Chicago, USA

2017

The 2nd Separation - Graduation Exhibition of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

Ruiyun Ba is an interdisciplinary artist based in Beijing, who mainly works with performance, video, and public intervention. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in furniture design at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing. She majored in sculptors for her masters at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Her childhood experience in the countryside has strongly influenced her current work. Her projects consider the changes in modern social identities against the gradual loss of intimate social relationships. 

During her hands-on engagement in the furniture design she spent numerous days and hours trying to explore the subtle yet interactive relationship between people and furniture. This casted a light on how the special connection between people and furniture is the physical embodiment of the relationship between human beings and society. Therefore, most of her works hope to further discuss the changes in modern social identities and the rapid evolution of our society. Isolation and solitude have permeated our existence. What is left of the live, tactile, body, visceral, face-to-face experiences? I strive to use my works to dissect those problems.