WORK ARCHIVE
CHEN LUO                        CV 





Education




2022

2020–2022


2016–2020

COMA Studio Lab Workshop, NL
Boston University, MFA, US

Graphic Design with Scholarship

OCAD University, BDes, CA

Graphic Design with Honorable Mention

Teaching

2024

2022–24




2023

2021–23





2022–23





2022

2022

Maryland Institute College of Art, Adjunct Faculty

Co-teach with Ellen Lupton for MFA Thesis Design Studio 3, 2024

Tufts University, School of Museum of Fine Art, Lecturer

Artist’s Books Today, 2024
Typography Introduction, 2023

Fundamental Words and Images, 2023

Publication Design, 2022

Maryland Institute College of Art, Visiting Lecturer

Workshop and lecture for MFA Students, 2023

Boston University, College of Fine Arts, Lecturer

Graduate Typography 2 A1 & B1, 2023

Sophomore Typography A1 & C1, 2023

Sophomore Typography 1 A1 & C1, 2022

Junior Typography A1 B1 C1 (TA) 2022

Junior Typography A1 B1 (TA) 2021

Massachusetts of College of Art and Design, Visiting Lecturer

Typography Introduction 2023

Fundamental Graphic Design 2023

Workshop Presented with Radical Characters 2022

Fundamental Graphic Design 2022

Certificate Graphic Design 2022

UMass Lowell, Adjunct Faculty

Graphic Design III A1 & B1

OCAD University, Visiting Lecturer

Junior Graphic Design Theory Lecture

Selected Work

2024

2024

2024

2024

2023

2023

2023

2022

2022

2020–23

2020–Present

2022

2022

2022

2021

2021

2021

2020

2020

2020

2017–19

Jungyoon Kim, Assistant Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design

Dossier Publication

Rose Kennedy Greenway & Artist LaRissa Roger

Going to Ground exhibition identity

Jeffrey Gibson & MassMOCA & Rose Kennedy Greenway

Mural Ads Identity Design

Tufts Art Gallery

Christian Walker and As the World Burns exhibition identity

Artist Che, Pao Arts Center

Interstitial Lives exhibition identity and program

Boston Art Book Fair

Annual Selected Artist/Designer

Boston Art Review Issue 10

Artist Project and Editorial Design

Artist Lucy Kim

Web Portfolio Design

GrubStreet & art_work

Mural Wall Installation

BU CISE (Center for Information and System Engineering)

Graphic Design

BABL (Boston Asian Basketball League)

Sports Visual Director and Co-Founder

Multiple Formats Contemporary Art Book Fair and Symposium

Identity Graphic Design

BU MFA 2022 Exhibition

Exhibition Identity Design

BU School of Theater and School of Visual Art

Interactive Media Design

CELL-MET (Center for Cellular Metamaterials)

Production Assistant & Video Editor EEK! (Engineering Engagement Kit)

Strike Design Studio

Graphic Design Internship

Shaya Ishaq solo exhibition at SAW Gallery

Digital Design

Birch Financial Partners

Graphic Design

SneakerUser (Tokyo Sneaker Social Community)

Motion Design

Shifo Gallery

Visual Design

CPAC (Credible Professional Accountable Canadian)

Graphic Design

Honors

2024
2023
2023
2022
2022
2022

Communication Art 2023 Typography, Shortlisted
Communication Art 2023 Typography, Winner

Young Ones 2023, Shortlisted

Design 360 ̊ Design 100 Award, Shortlisted

NewOne Award/Young Blood Award, Finalist
Katherine Small Gallery Award, Outstanding Achievement in Typography

Talks/Exhibitions

2024

2024


2024

2024

2024

2024

2024

2023

2023


2023

2023

2022

2021–22

2020

Design Incubation Colloquium 11.1 at Boston University
Speaker—Design + Performance: Pedagogical Workshops and Collaboration

AIGA Conference 2024 Design Panel Talk

Speaker—Typography at the Crossroads: Exploring Cultural Marginalization and Chinese Typography

AIGA DEC MARGINS Educator Track

Peer Reviewer for AIGA National Conference—Margins

C-U-B-E Gallery at Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Geogia Art

Exhibitor—Embodied Making as Collective Publishing: The Body and Hanzi

Czong Institue for Contemporary Art (CICA Museum)

Exhibitor—“Figures 2024”

The International Symposium for Visual Culture

Presenter—Embodied Publishing

Taxas A&M U

Exhibitor—RISO RAMA Paradise Exhibition

Bonjour bushu Art Book Fair

Panelist of Collective Publishing

CAA’s (College of Art Association) 111th Annual Conference

Panelist of Session: Through the Lens of Design: Publishing, writing, and Pedagogical Practice
Virtual program

Multiple Formats Contemporary Art Book Symposium

Panelist of Session: Participation, Preservation & Praxis

Jersey Art Book Fair

Panelist of Draw Down Book’s Discussion Session: Type (Spaces): Letter forms in Publications

Frame/Work/Site

Exhibitor

BU Art Gallery, US / Is A Gallery, CHN / A plus A Gallery, ITL

Exhibitor—Radical Return, “Hui(Home)”

Gallery 5, Boston University

Selected Artist & Panelist SloaneArt, Authority & Official

Art Book Fairs

2024

2024

2024

2024

2024

2023

2023

2023

2022

2022

Exhibitor

Art On Paper Fair

Exhibitor

Other Islands Book Fair

Exhibitor & Public Program Host—Workshop “Pen + Pen - Pen

Seattle Art Book Fair

Exhibitor & Public Program Host—Workshop “Pen + Pen - Pen”

Jersey Art Book Fair

Exhibitor

Multiple Formats Art Book Fair

Exhibitor

Tokyo Art Book Fair

Exhibitor

Boston Art Book Fair

Exhibitor

Jersey Art Book Fair

Workshop Presented with Radical Characters: Embodied Making as Collective Publishing

Boston Art Book Fair

Exhibitor

Unbound RISD Art Book Fair

Invited Critics

2022–23


2022

2022

2022

2022–23




2021–24

Rhode Island School of Design

Newly Formed Class Critic 2023

Newly Formed Class Critic 2022

University of Connecticut

Typography Class Review 2022

UMass Lowel

Senior Graphic Design studio Midterm Review 2022

Suffolk University

Master of Art Graphic Design Final Review 2022

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Fundamental Graphic Design Final Review 2023

Typography I Final Review 2023

Fundamental Graphic Design Final Review 2022

Senior Thesis Review 2022

Boston University

Graduate MFA Thesis Dissertation 2024

Graduate Thesis Lecture 2024

Sophomore Typography Workshop 2023

Graduate Graphic Design Studio I 1:1 Review 2023

Graduate Graphic Design I Final Review 2022

Graduate Graphic Design Thesis Dissertation 2023

Undergraduate BFA Thesis Review 2023

Sophomore Graphic Design Studio Final Review 2023

Graduate Graphic Design I Final Review 2022

Junior Graphic Design Final Review 2022

Graduate Graphic Design Theory II Lecture 2022

Senior Graphic Design Studio Midterm 1:1 Review 2022

Certificate Graphic Design Workshop 2022

Undergraduate BFA Thesis Review 2023

Sophomore Graphic Design Studio Final Review 2022

Senior Graphic Design Studio Midterm Review 2022

Moderate Senior Studio Guest Lecture 2022

Junior Graphic Design Studio Midterm Review 2022

Junior Studio Publication Review 2021

Editorial Publication Final Review 2021

Junior Graphic Design Semester Review 2021

Design Strategy and Software 2021

Design Strategy and Software II 2021

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