Dr Yanyun Chen runs a drawing, new media and installation practice. Her works delve into the aesthetic, cultural and technological inheritances on one’s body, unravelling fictional and philosophical notions of embodiment, and are grounded in the physicality of human and botanical forms. Her works have been exhibited internationally. She received the prestigious Singapore National Arts Council Young Artist Award (2020) and ArtOutreach IMPART Visual Artist Award (2019).

Her areas of research include Southeast Asian contemporary arts, animation studies, and visual art pedagogies. Chen graduated from the European Graduate School Philosophy, Art, and Critical Thought PhD programme (2018), its Communications MA programme (2014), and Nanyang Technological University School of Art Design and Media Digital Animation programme (2009).

She is a Professor of the Practice at Tufts University’s School of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA. She was the Andreas Teoh Contemporary Asian Art Fellow (2021-2022), Georgette Chen Fellow (2020-2022) and Lecturer for the Humanities division of Yale-NUS College in Singapore.

Both moderators, Yanyun Chen and Melvin Tan, were students of Martin Constable. Yanyun Chen, an accomplished artist, credits Martin for his guidance during her formative years in her days in University. Melvin Tan, on the other hand, has made a name for himself as a director of design agency, Currency and is one of the founding collaborators of Hothouse. he attributes his commitments in the arts and work ethic to Martin's encouragement and influence.