Renee is an emerging curator based in London, with roots in Canton. She is a member of the British Art Network and a recipient of the 2023 Art Trade Forum, funded by the Paul Mellon Foundation. Additionally, she serves as an overseas artist liaison for various cultural initiatives in China and Japan.
Previously, she has worked with a range of art institutions, both commercial and non-profit, including Cell Projects Space, Misa Shin Gallery, Arata Isozaki & Associates, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, and EMGdotART.
As a curator, Renee grounds her practice on a fundamental awareness of weakening the authoritarian impositions of archaic dichotomies. She launched the inaugural episode of the ongoing project Not to be a Singular Being at Chisenhale Studios and presented the project Healing through Affirmation at CCA Goldsmiths in 2022. She also co-curated a group exhibition titled Set the Table at the Deptford X Festival and published a short novel in Chán magazine in 2021.
She recently completed an MFA in Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London, focusing on the concept of otherness in identity formation and deconstruction. She holds a BA in Art Studies from Tama Art University, Tokyo, where she concentrated on the Light and Space movement and curatorial practice. Her award-winning thesis delved into the relationship between Robert Irwin’s ambiguity and phenomenology.