Eunice Yuyue Chen - Bio
Yuyue Eunice CHEN (Chongqing, China) is an independent curator and researcher based in New York City. She completed her M.A. in Curatorial Practice at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Previously, she received her M.M. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Melbourne.
Her curatorial practice focuses on mobility and migration, environmental injustice, and critical urbanism. Engaging with multimedia artists across sound, video, photography, sculpture, performance, and installation, she investigates memory, time, and space in the digital age. She is particularly interested in developing community-based projects and exhibitions in alternative spaces.
Her curatorial projects have been presented at non-profit organizations in NYC. Her exhibitions have been featured in Artforum, Asian Art Archive in America, Asian American Arts Alliance, Cultbytes, Impulse Magazine, LiTang, the China Press, World Journal, and Sing Tao Daily. Her writings have appeared in Art Spiel and Artron. She has previously participated in Bergen Assembly 2022 (Bergen, Norway), the LUXELAKES A4 Art Museum (Chengdu, China), the 3rd Boundless Encounter Triennial of Fiber Art at Zhejiang Art Museum (Hangzhou, China).
EDUCATIONS
2023 Master of Arts in Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Art, New York, USA
2020 Master of Management in Accounting and Finance, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
2018 Bachelor of Management in Accounting, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
CURATIONS
2024 Little Knots in My Hair, Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC) | Gallery 456, New York, NY, USA
Ebbs and Flows, Rockella Space, New York, NY, USA
Over-Compression, Level Art Gallery & Rockella Space, New York, NY, USA
What If We Lose the Ground, Accent Sisters, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2023 De(con)struction: Ruins in Reverse, Pfizer Building, New York, NY, USA
2022 Soft Boundary, Pfizer Building, New York, NY, USA
Boundless Flow, CP Project Space, New York, NY, USA
RESIDENCY
2024 Curator-in-Residency Program, Level Art Gallery & Rockella Space, New York, NY, USA
AWARDS
2023 The Third Prize, Curating Virtual Exhibitions 2023 The 2nd Global College Student Competition, (CAFA)
2023 SVA Alumni Scholarship Awards
SELECT WRITINGS
2025 Exhibition Review, Through Lingering Window at Fou gallery, published by Art Spiel
2024 Curatorial Statement, Little Knots in My Hair, published by Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC)
2024 Over-Compression in Ridgewood Open Studios, curated by Eunice Chen, published by Art Spiel
2024 Artist-Curator Conversation, Decentered Energy: A Studio Visit Between Artist Yang Shuai and Curator Chen Yuyue, published by Artron.net
2023 Exhibition Catalogue, De(con)struction: Ruins in Reverse, published by MACP, SVA
2022 Artist-Curator Conversation, Postscript of Jinbin Chen’s solo exhibition Omega and (Anti) Decline Atlas, published by Northing