51 Personae 

Chen Yun (founder of 51 Personae) is a curator/researcher based in Shanghai. She studied Journalism at Fudan University and received her MPhil degree in Communication at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Chen Yun has been working in contemporary art institutions since 2007 in Shanghai and Bejing. After working at Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art as assistant curator for art and education programmes, she came back to Shanghai in 2009. Since 2010, Chen Yun joined West Heavens: a cross-cultural exchange programme between India and China, as researcher and project manager. She has curated more than 100 talks, performances, workshops and social events. She was a member of the curatorial team for the 11th Shanghai Biennale (2016/17) and curated 51 Personae – a public programme series that revealed the transformational potential of 51 persons/groups in Shanghai.