Chen Leru, an artist and writer, is the founder of LE ART SPACE and an art curator. In 1997, she graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. From 1997 to 2016, she served as an art editor, literary editor, journalist, and associate editor for a national environmental media outlet. During this time, she planned numerous special reports and was awarded a national ministerial-level journalism prize.