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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.
Light the Lantern

Installation;
Animation
2021

Light the Lantern is created to reflect on the Chinese film “Raise the Red Lantern” with my developed visual narrative. The installation retells the story from the film, the woman who was oppressed and objectified in the feudal society. It vividly shows the life situation of women in the patriarchal society, which criticized the feudal order and patriarchal power. The space represents a Chinese architecture, Siheyuan (a quadrangle courtyard with 4 walls). The audience moves closer, poking a hole to watch the video echoes that when people wanted to stalk anyone in ancient China, they needed to poke a hole with their fingers. The inside and outside build up two spaces that watch the Warlord era from a 21st-century perspective.
Late update in 2025