CHEN LUO                

Chen Luo is a graphic designer and educator based in Maryland. In 2026, she will join Howard University as an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design. She has previously taught at MICA, the SMFA at Tufts University, Boston University, and UMass. Chen maintains an independent design practice, collaborating primarily with artists, galleries, and cultural institutions. She is also the co-founder of Body&Forma, a collective design practice that bridges linguistic and cultural barriers through publishing and performative workshops. Her work reconfigures reading and writing gestures as bodily acts, transforming static materials into participatory, communal, and kinetic forms of publishing. She currently explores how embodied publishing can engage diverse readerships and foster communal experiences. Her work has been recognized by Communication Arts, NewOne Awards, Design 360°, Boston Art Review, and The Young Ones TDC, and exhibited in Canada, Italy, Japan, China, Korea, and the United States.
Hui (Radical Return)

Poster and sculpture
2022

From 2D to 3D, the sculpture ‘Home(家)’ expands upon a poster I exhibited in the 2021 Radical Return exhibition. The flat Chinese character for “home” was recreated as a coffee table with audio output that allows people who cannot see to hear and/or touch the object. By hearing me read the poem I wrote in the original piece, I aim to defamiliarize tactile experience with raw material. 



Late update in 2025