Iris is an artist, researcher, and architect from Chongqing, China. Working between physical and experiential mediums, her work extends from drawing, sculpting to audio, and from documentary to participatory public art work. She is a biological anthropology researcher with a deep interest in the very nature of the being of humans. The process of working on the teeth sections and spinal structures of paleo-anthropoids triggered an artistic and philosophical quest to explore the bounds of experience as a homo sapiens. M.arch program at MIT gave her a first chance to exercise freedom and will in art to project her being into objects, which is what most of her work is about. Her deep interest in human rights and environmental issues manifest in documentaries. Iris is also a Chinese National Second Level Chess player, ranked second globally(first in two categories) in Apple’s leaderboard for a minimalism racing game (Unpossible).


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