Ruidi Mu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Photography/Happening/Contemporary Art Practice/Fine Art/Imaginative Writing

Introduction

DR. RUIDI MU

Ruidi Mu (b. 1989) is a Chinese artist and researcher who lives and works in China, and the UK. Her photographic and installation-based practice has driven her research, drawing on everyday moments and continuously questioning the relationship between art and life.


Education

2015-2019

PhD by project, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2013-2015

MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2010-2013

BA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the arts London, UK

2009-2010

Foundation degree in Art and Design, CSM, UK


Teaching Experience and Conference

  • Visiting Artist/ Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Liverpool Hope University

    Crit. leader, MA School of Art & Humanities, Royal College of Art

    Visiting Artist/ Lecturer, BA Photography, University of South WalesPanellist,

    Doctoral Training Programme, Royal college of Art

    Teaching Assistant, Executive Education, Design Thinking & Innovation, Design Museum

  • LIVING RESEARCH: THE URGENCY OF THE ART, conference, National Association for Fine Art Education


Research project

  • PROJECT 4 2 BAGELS

  • Artistic Practice in a Digitalised Lifeworld 


Publications

2022

online: Strange Phantoms and Fictitious Dreamlands: Art, Life and Me, Thesis (Ph.D.), EThOS, British Library, London, UK

2018

Prova 5, The RCA Arts & Humanities Research Journal. Royal College of Art, London, UK

2015

Exit Strategies, Black Dog Publishing Ltd, London, UK

2014

Down and Out, Self-publishing artist book


Honor and Award

  • Residencies

2014-15 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris 2019 

Gallery Tom, Tokyo, Japan

  • Scholarship & Award

China Scholarship Council - Winner of 5 Under 30: Young Photographers’ Competition



Ruidi Mu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Photography/Happening/Contemporary Art Practice/Fine Art/Imaginative Writing

Contact information

ruidimu@tsinghua.edu.cn