Rui Hu

As an artist, Rui Hu works with computer graphics, moving images, installation, and game and virtual simulation technologies. His practice and research explore the issues of time and temporality from a multitude of perspectives, such as causation, prediction, decision, and language.

He is the recipient of the Best Experimental Animation Award at the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival, a Jury Special Mention at the 25FPS Festival Croatia, a finalist of the IFVA Award from the Hong Kong Arts Centre, a UCLA Clifton Webb Scholarship, and a SAIC New Artists Society Award. His work has been shown in exhibitions and screenings at art spaces, institutions, festivals, and conferences, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam; UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; Objectifs Centre, Singapore; Times Museum, Guangzhou; Three Shadows, Xiamen; IFVA at the Hong Kong Arts Centre; Wuhan Biennale; Siggraph Asia; ISEA, among others. Texts on his work can be found on Artforum, Artforum China, Ocula, Killscreen, etc.

He received a M.F.A. in Design Media Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles and a B.F.A. in Film with a minor in Computer Science from New York University. Prior to joining Duke Kunshan, he was an Assistant Professor of Practice in Computational Media and Arts at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) from 2020-24.

作为一名艺术家，胡芮以影像、装置、游戏及模拟技术进行创作。他的实践和研究从因果、预测、选择和语言等多个角度探索时间和时间性问题。

他曾获得第 60 届安娜堡电影节最佳实验动画奖、克罗地亚 25FPS 电影节评审团特别提名奖、香港艺术中心 IFVA 奖终选、加州大学洛杉矶分校克利夫顿韦伯奖学金和芝加哥艺术学院新艺术家协会奖学金。他的作品在国际诸多艺术空间、机构、电影节和学术会议参加展览及放映，其中包括：鹿特丹国际电影节、UCCA北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心、新加坡Objectifs摄影与影像中心、广州时代美术馆、厦门三影堂、香港艺术中心IFVA、武汉双年展、SIGGRAPH Asia、ISEA国际电子艺术研讨会等。关于展览及作品的相关文字报道见于Artforum, Artforum China, Ocula, Killscreen等媒体。

胡芮获得纽约大学电影专业艺术学士学位（辅修计算机科学），加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）设计媒体艺术专业艺术硕士学位。在加入昆山杜克大学之前，他于 2020-24 年担任香港科技大学（广州）计算媒体与艺术实践助理教授。