A Critical researcher
Katherine Yixuan Dong is a curator in the field of contemporary art. Innovating in environmental issues combining biotechnology and interaction of the public.
Currently, studying at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA), visual arts and curatorial studies (MA). In 2019, graduated from Beijing Forestry University with a major in environmental design. Her research engages in various directions in the field of contemporary art, such as the analysis of society, the coexist relationship between humans and non-human in the context of globalization. Her studies intervene between the artist and the curator, non-binary identity makes her work more flexible and extends the borders out of the convention. She focuses on the combination of case studies, in which visual expression is inseparable from critical research.
Exhibition
il XIV Festival della Biodiversità - From Discipline To Holobiont 2020
Work experience
01/2019 – 05/2019
Interior designer
Company: Daipu Architects
T2-2203, Linked Hybrid, No.1, Xiangheyuan Road, Dongcheng District Beijing, China 100028.
http://www.daipuarchitects.com/?cat=6
Responsibilities:
Exhibition catalog for ideaPod & HAY Gallery LOFT2 in Shanghai, China
- Production of composition studies, Photoshop work
- Light arrangement
- Material selection
- Assistance with editing achievement photographs
RESHAPE Sports Store concept design in Shanghai, China
- Brand and products research
- Display shelf research
- Concept exploration studies, Photoshop work and pencil hand drawing
Photographer’s Penthouse Interior in Anhui, China
- Interior decoration
- Furnishing selection
- Assistance with editing achievement photographs
Sector: Design
07/2020 – Ongoing
English Editor
Company: Archive books
Reinickendorfer Straße 17, 13347 Berlin
https://www.archivebooks.org/contact/
Responsibilities:
Program publication of CHINA AS AN ISSUE English version (ongoing)
Sector: Program publication