Yuzhi Chen (*2002) is a filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. His work examines infrastructure, mobility, and the cultural landscapes shaped by the automotive and cinematic industrial complex, often blending documentary observation with conceptual performance. He works with digital and 16mm film, photography, installation, performance, and drone cinematography. A strong believer in real-world training and grounded field research, he has traveled to all 50 U.S. states as part of his ongoing exploration .
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CV
Education
2025 BFA, Film and Video, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, U.S.A.
Lectures
2024 AutoNation USA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, U.S.A.
Proposed and taught a no-credit seminar approved by CalArts
Grant
2023 California Institute of the Arts 50th Anniversary Happening Project Grant, Valencia, California U.S.A.
Exhibitions
2025 Regionale 26: Tri-Border, group exhibition, Art Association Basel (Visarte), Basel, Switzerland — together with Michaël Reinhold
2024 Anonymous Performers», as part of «A Day on Earth» exhibition, Wasserschloss Reelkirchen, University of the Arts Berlin, Germany
2023 Roundabout World, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, U.S.A.
2023 Land Exchange, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, U.S.A.
2023 American Restroom +, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, U.S.A.
Performances
2023 Driving in a roundabout in Alaska for 47 minutes, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
2022 Land Exchange, St. Pierre and Miquelon, France, and Valencia, California, U.S.A.
Film Jury Panels
2025 Van Nuys International Film Festival, Van Nuys, California, U.S.A.
2024 Van Nuys International Film Festival, Van Nuys, California, U.S.A.
Photography
2021-2025 American Restroom + Photography project documenting public restroom in North America including all 50 U.S. states
American Landscape (2021 – ongoing)
Filmography
Digital Films
Professional Filmmaker 4 (In production, expected 2026)
Filming in California, U.S.A.
Professional Filmmaker 7 (Post production, expected 2025)
Filmed in Berlin, and Wasserschloss Reelkirchen, Germany (2024)
Professional Filmmaker 8 (Post production, expected 2027)
Filmed in California, U.S.A. (2021 – 2024)
Professional Filmmaker 9 (Post production, expected 2026)
Filmed in Shenzhen China, and Sydney, Australia (2023 – 2024)
Professional Filmmaker 10 (In production, expected 2027)
Filming in California, U.S.A.
2024 I Love America and America Loves Me
2023 3 Professional Filmmakers
2022 2022 St. Pierre Documentary
16mm Films
2025 Professional Filmmaker 1
2023 Southern California Confabulation
Work Experience
2024-Present Van Nuys International Film Festival – Festival Director
2022-2024 California Institute of the Arts – Student Ambassadors
2023 California Institute of the Arts – Barista
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