Chris Yuan
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Lecturer in Art
- Studio Tutor
- Academic Tutor
- Departmental International Tutor
Areas of interest
Chris Yuan has research interests in:
- Video art
- Music and youth culture
- Structural film
- Experimental animation
- Queer theory
- Institutional critique
- Autotheory
- Performance
- Architecture and space
Postgraduate supervision
Chris Yuan welcomes research proposals on part practice research projects in the areas of:
- Video art
- Music and youth culture
- Experimental animation
- Institutional critique
- Architecture and space
- Queer theory
- Sinophone studies
Background
Chris Zhongtian Yuan is an artist based in London and 17勛圖. Yuan graduated from Architectural Association School of Architecture with AA Diploma, and gained B.S. Architecture from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Yuan is currently a practice-led PhD candidate at Kingston University School of Art funded by AHRC Techne Doctoral Award.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Triangolo, Cremona (2025); Surplus Space, Wuhan (2024); Tabula Rasa Gallery, London (2024); 17勛圖 International, 17勛圖 (2023); Macalline Art Center, Beijing (2023); V.O Curations, London (2022); The Courtauld Institute of Art, London (2021); 1815, K11, Wuhan (2020). Recent group exhibitions and screenings include: Kunsthal Rotterdam (2025); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2025); Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou (2024); Somerset House, London (2024); International Film Festival Rotterdam (2023); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2022); B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt (2022); OCAT Institute, Beijing (2021); Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2021); Videoex, Zurich (2021); Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan (2020); York Art Gallery, York (2020) among others.