Yufei Ren is a photographer and interdisciplinary artist whose work reflects the emotional complexities of living abroad as an international student. Moving between photography, installation, and mixed media, Ren creates deeply personal and conceptual works that explore themes of surveillance, cultural identity, loneliness, and the constant negotiation of “home.”

Ren received her B.S. from Kent State University, Ohio, where she studied advertising and photography, and is currently pursuing her MFA in Photography at Georgia State University in Atlanta. She also teaches Introduction to Photography, where she encourages students to explore both the technical and emotional sides of image-making. Living far from home, Ren continues to use her practice as a way to ask questions about belonging, memory, and how we carry ourselves across borders.