Yili Ren

 

Yili Ren

 

20 Washington Place 

02903

 

Providence, Rhode Island 

 

EXPERIENCE

 

Det Vilde Spinderi Artist In Residence, Nykobing Sjaelland, Denmark  

 

July - August 2025 

 

Working with local and sustainably sourced wool, and weaving on a countermarch loom 

 

 

Alice Amati Gallery Intern - Fitzrovia, London, United Kingdom 

 

June 2025 - July 2025 

 

supporting exhibition organisation, assisting with visitor engagement and enquiries, and helping with
administrative tasks such as cataloguing artworks and managing the gallery's online presence. The
role will also involve supporting events management, such as private views and other gallery-related
events.supporting exhibition organisation, assisting with visitor engagement and enquiries, and helping with administrative tasks such as cataloguing artworks and managing the gallery's online presence. The role will also involve supporting events management, such as private views and other gallery-related events.

 

RISD Nature Lab Providence -  Rhode Island -  lab assistant

 

 

June 2024 - Present 

 

Playing a crucial part in operating the nature lab by completing animal care and running systems for students to checkout specimens, engaging with visitors 

 

RISD Experimental foundation studies Providence Rhode Island — Teaching assistant 

 

September 2024 - December 2024

 

Teaching assistant for former professor in Spatial Dynamics, helping students engage and thrive in a vigorous class setting

 

RISD Pre-College  Providence Rhode Island  — Teaching assistant 

June 2024-august 2024

 

Teaching assistant for pre college, guiding highschool students to build their portfolio for art school applications.

 

Worked with Nicholas Evans Cato, 'Taylor Hickey, Zachary Pelham

 

EDUCATION

 

 

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Rhode Island — BFA 

September 2023 - June 2027 

 

Bachelor's degree in Textiles 

 

London Central Secondary School ,  London Ontario Highschool Diploma 

September 2019 - June 2023 

 

Exhibitions

 

 

 Creature Conserve - ‘We all live here Together’ Curated by Kotone Deguchi at the Providence Public Library (2024)

Joan T. Boghossian Gallery Providence, Rhode Island 

 

 RISD  - ‘IN-BETWEEN’ Curated by Mawra Tahreem and Pavol Roskovensky(2025)

 

Gelman Gallery, Chace Center

 

SKILLS

 

Proficiency in  Adobe Suite,

 

 Ned graphics,

 

 fibers and dyeing knowledge, 

 

Machine knitting on double bed 

 

Pattern Design

 

Silkscreening,

 

 floor loom weaving

 

Skilled in time management, communication 

 

LANGUAGES

 

English and Mandarin