Curriculum Vitae
CV & Exhibitions
Zhe Ren is a multimedia artist, designer, and educator working across digital print, video, mixed reality, and virtual interaction. His work has been exhibited and screened internationally — including at the Getty Center, Harvard University, Musée Cernuschi (Paris), and the CICA Museum (South Korea) — and his research has been published in the United States, China, England, and South Korea.
Academic & Professional Appointments
2023–
Assistant Professor, Digital Media, Dept. of Communication
California State University, Bakersfield, CA, USA
California State University, Bakersfield, CA, USA
2021–23
Tenured Associate Professor, Digital Arts and Design
Dakota State University, Madison, SD, USA
Dakota State University, Madison, SD, USA
2015–21
Assistant Professor, Digital Arts and Design
Dakota State University, Madison, SD, USA
Dakota State University, Madison, SD, USA
2014–
Co-founder & Chief Designer, Expose Art
Present
Rotating-term Vice Chair, Executive Committee
Association of Chinese Artists in American Academia (ACAAA)
Association of Chinese Artists in American Academia (ACAAA)
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Point of Entry, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea — in collaboration with Joey Tigert
2022
Kisses by Rose, Lowe Mill Art Center, AL, USA — in collaboration with Chintia Kirana
2018
Wonderland, Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, USA
2016
The Rabbit’s Hole, Tianjin Modern Vocational Technology College, Tianjin, China
2016
Lollipop — The Confusion of Romance, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL, USA
2015
Wonderland and Rabbit Hole, Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, IL, USA
2014
Perspective of Duality, Gothenburg University Library, Gothenburg, Sweden
2011
Between Utopia and Dystopia, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, USA
2007
Hero, Painting Space Gallery, Tianjin, China
Two-Person Exhibitions
2025
Urban Introversions, Mendocino College Gallery, Ukiah, CA, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions & Screenings
2026
Of Color and Ink (screening), Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2025
Of Color and Ink, Harvard University, FAS CAMLab, Cambridge, MA, USA
2025
Of Color and Ink — Chang Dai-chien After 1949, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2025
The Uncanny, Kokomo Art Gallery, Indiana University, USA
2024
Projection: Of Color and Ink, Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
2024
Film Screening, Institute of East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University, Germany
2023
47th Mostra Internacional de Cinema (São Paulo International Film Festival), Brazil
2021
The Path of Entry, Wiregrass Museum of Art, AL, USA
2019
SCREEN 2019: Climates, New Media Gallery, University of Massachusetts, USA
2019
The Beauty of Visual Language as Art, San Francisco Public Library, CA, USA
2017
Art Fair Suomi 2017, Helsinki, Finland
2017
Works in Characters, Books as Vehicle, Stanford University, CA, USA
2016
China & America Educational Foundation Drawing Exhibition, Beijing Normal University Museum, Beijing, China
2016
CICA New Media Art: 2nd International Exhibition on New Media Art, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, South Korea
Selected Publications
2026
One: New Media Art 2026, CICA Press, Gimpo, South Korea (ISBN 979-11-88671-29-8)
2025
20 Years Academic Archive — Across the Divide, CNS Publishing & Media, Changsha, China (ISBN 978-7-5746-0421-6)
2021
“Using Design and Graphic Design with Color Research in AI Visual Media to Convey,” Journal of Sensors, London, England
2018
Chinese Literature Today, Vol. 7, No. 2, University of Oklahoma, USA
2018
Across the Divide — International Academic Forum on Individualized Education of Art and Design, Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, China (ISBN 978-7-5310-8291-0)
2018
Fusion + Evolution — Teaching and Learning of Design in American and Chinese Academia, China (ISBN 978-7-5680-3673-3)
2017
New Media Art 2017: Back to Nature, South Korea (ISBN 979-11-953952-5-5)
Selected Lectures & Talks
2025
Guest Lecture, “Brief History of Chinese Graphic Design,” Laguna College of Art + Design, CA, USA
2023
Design Lecture, University of Tampa, FL, USA
2022
Artist Talk & Lecture, University of Nebraska Omaha, USA
2021
Director & Host, International Art & Design Education Virtual Conference
2017
Artist Talk, Stanford University East Asia Library, CA, USA
2011
Documentary, Asian Art Move to America: The Story of Zhe Ren — ASU-TV & ASU Film Festival