Cloris Ding, MFA
Visiting Assistant Professor
Cloris Yuchen Ding is a contemporary artist and jewelry maker, holds an MFA in Jewelry + Metalsmithing from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and a BFA from California College of the Arts in the same major. She has taught at Jewelry + Metalsmithing program at RISD, and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Oklahoma State University.
Cloris explores the intersection of personal narratives and societal themes, transforming everyday reflections into powerful statements through the medium of jewelry. She appreciates the intimate nature of tangible and wearable jewelry objects as an ideal platform for messaging and communication, especially in the topics of female experiences. Her intellectual interests are feminist theory, anthropology of womanhood, and material politics of art.
Her works have been exhibited internationally at, including Galleria Carlo Lucidi (Italy), Vonmo (China), and SNAG Conference (San Diego, 2024). She was nominated for the Klimt02 New Talent Award 2024 by her graduate school.