Artist Statement/ Biography

Furen Dai’s practice has focused largely on the economy of culture industry, and how languages lose function, usage, and history. Dai’s hybrid art practice utilizes video, sound, sculpture, painting and collaboration. Her years as a professional translator and interest in linguistic studies have guided her artistic practice since 2015. She has been researching and developing the nearly extinct language of NüShu. The language, derived from Chinese characters, was created and used exclusively by women.

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Furen Dai's artistic practice has focused largely on the economy of the cultural industry, and how languages lose function, usage and history. Dai’s hybrid art practice utilizes video, sound, sculpture, painting and collaboration. Her years as a professional translator and interest in linguistic studies have guided her artistic practice since 2015. She has exhibited work at the National Art Center, Tokyo; Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece; International Video Art Festival Now&After, Moscow, Russia; and Edinburgh Artists’ Moving Image Festival, Scotland, amongst others. She is a recipient of residencies and fellowships at Art OMI, International Studio and Curatorial Program, Elsewhere, Samson Projects and The Studios at MASS MoCA. She received her BA from Beijing Foreign Studies University in China and her MFA from Tufts University.