Xinran Yuan is a curator, producer, and program strategist working at the intersection of art and emerging technologies. Recently, she produced and co-curated the 2024 edition of the iconic 7x7 program at Rhizome of the New Museum of Contemporary Art on the theme of Artificial Intelligence. Previously, she was Curator & Producer at Meta Open Arts, where she led ambitious commissions at Meta’s New York Farley building and Hudson Yards, including a 50-feet, 2-ton suspended sculpture by artist Timur Si-Qin. As the founding Head of Global Partnerships at HTC VIVE Arts, she helped to realize the first large-scale in-museum VR exhibitions at institutions including the Louvre, V&A, American Museum of Natural History, and the Venice Biennale’s main Arsenale exhibition. She has collaborated with artists including Cai Guo-Qiang, Dominique Gonzalez Foerster, Albert Oehlen, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Tomás Saraceno, Sofia Crespo, Rindon Johnson, Baseera Khan, among others. She holds a BA in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University and an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.​

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Timeline -

• 2023-present Producer & Co-Curator, Rhizome Seven on Seven (7x7); independent consultant and strategist​​

• 2021-23 Curator & Producer, Meta Open Arts

• 2018-21 Head of Global Partnerships, HTC VIVE Arts

• 2014-18 Project Manager, Cai Guo-Qiang Studio

• 2011-14 MFA in Sculpture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• 2006-10 BA in Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard College 

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