My creative practice lives and grows with people and collaboration—manifested here in production, teaching, community organizing, and curatorial practice.
ADAE fosters cultural exchange through the thematic exhibition "Symbiosis”, which employs a number of viewpoints that connect Asia’s cultural and historical diversity with innovative ways of artistic expression in digital art. The exhibition featured works from 30 artists across 12 countries and regions
ADAE seeks to build a platform for cultural and technological dialogue and promotes cross-disciplinary cultural innovation for the future. 2019, Digital Art Curation, Coordination
Integrating humanistic inquiry with cutting-edge technology and design, CAMLab explores innovative, interdisciplinary ways of showcasing art and culture through immersive installations, exhibitions, films, digital publications, and other multimedia forms.2025, Teaching, Media art, Research
Studio Wonder-Infinity(其妙工作室) is a content channel and brand co-created by Ray Miao and Caren Ye. With 300k+ followers on Douyin, they share their mindfulness practices and personal growth journeys, while offering curated tools like gemstones, incense, and essential oils to support inner work and energetic clarity. 2020-2024, TikTok Video Content Creation, E-commerce, Live Stream, Entrepreneurship,Marketing, Bussiness Operation, Sales, Customer service
NIME Club Shanghai 新音乐界面研制小组 is a music hacking group organized by two NYU ITP alumni Caren Wenqing Ye and Chun Song between 2020.9.20-2021.3.7. We had regular meetups over half a year at Xinchejian, a maker space in Shanghai, cumulating in a group NIME show with 150+ attendees. Some members went on and performed at the “real” NIME Conference 2021 held in Shanghai that year.
2020-2021, Community organizaing, Creative Producing, Performance
𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 →𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲 →𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯 is a community gathering for multimedia creators—visual artists, sound artists, performers, coders, designers, writers, curators, and anyone who defies categorization.
2025, Community building, Art and Technolgy, Event
X Academy
https://www.xacademy.cc/
China’s largest and most influential interdisciplinary summer program and creative community
X ACADEMY is an innovation-driven education platform and technology company built on idealism and oriented toward the future. Originating from the TechX summer program founded in Shanghai in 2016, X ACADEMY has, for nine consecutive years, provided exceptional young people from around the world with an intensive, project-based learning and creation experience—bringing cutting-edge global educational resources to the most inquisitive students in China. Our mission is to gather the world’s most promising young leaders, cultivate a powerful alumni network across academia and industry, and build vibrant communities that shape the future.
2019-2021, Teaching, Tech and Design Education, Summer Camp, Outreach, Recruit