Xing Raffaella Chen

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Education

2025–2027, University of Chicago, USA, Master of Fine Art in Visual Arts

2021–2025, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies & Studio Art

2024, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Summer Abroad Program, Worcester College

2017–2018, Millenium Dance Complex, Los Angeles, USA, Certificate Dance Program

Group exhibitions

2026, Hyde Park Art Center Annual Gala, Chicago, USA

2026, My Earth Body, LittleBlueBird, Shanghai, China

2026, Table Attachement, nonR Art Lab, Shanghai, China

2026, 时间是一株植物, Shangzun Gallery, Beijing, China

2026, Beyond Blasian, SZNL, Chicago, USA

2026, Alter Ego, SZNL, Chicago, USA

2026, Rebel, the Kollection, New York, USA

2026, Siddhartha Life & Death Exhibition PJ, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2026, Weathervanes, Cochrane-Wood Art Centre, Chicago, USA

2026, Yours, Logan Center Gallery, Chicago, USA

2025, Shift, Toronto, Canada

2025, 404 NOT FOUND, Toronto, Canada

2025, ATAF, Toronto, Canada

2024, Wonderlust, Toronto, Canada

2024, Metamorphosis, Scarborough, Canada

2024, ATAF, Toronto, Canada

Selected performance

2026, Sky Piece (Yoko Ono), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, USA

Honors & awards

2026, University of Chicago Graduate Council Award

2025, Annual Toronto FADO Performance Art Award

2024, Annual Toronto FADO Performance Art Award

2019, Second Place, HUYA Make a Star TV Program

Professional experience

Ongoing, Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago

  • Visual Language: On Time and Space, 2025 Autumn
  • Visual Language: On Image, 2026 Winter
  • Visual Language: On Time and Space, 2026 Spring
  • Visual Language: On Image, 2026 Autumn
  • Video, 2026 Autumn

2025, Brand Assistant & Art Guide, Power Station of Art, Shanghai

2023, Student Service Assistant, University of Toronto Scarborough International Academic Programs and Initiatives

2018 – 2021, Idol Trainee, China