Eva Ren, whose Chinese name is Yisu Ren, was born in 1996 in Beijing China, to a family of artists. With such a strong root in art, she did not even have a second thought or decision process about pursuing another career. She left China at 18 years old to study in the US, and gained a Bachelor of Arts in Art/Art Studies, General and Philosophy from University of California Irvine; and later obtained a Master of Arts in Visual Art Administration from New York University. Upon graduation, she worked as an intern in various fields such as auction houses, art fairs, non-profit art foundations, as well as marketing in a venture capital firm. She’s now a gallery assistant in Chambers Fine Art, a gallery in New York.
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