A broke wanderer, laidback researcher, and mid-night baking artist…

Selfie by MacBook Pro, 2023

Hu Yue (胡 悦)  is a visual art practitioner, curator, educator, and translator who currently conducts practice-based PhD research at the University of Plymouth, UK. Her research is titled with ‘Humanscape’ in Geopoetics- Visual Diagnoses of Reclaimed Landscape. She is interested in the dynamic counterbalance between humans and nature as well as its consequences under environmental and climate change contexts. After completing an MA in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the University of Westminster, she has worked at art museums and carried out independent projects. Her works are mainly shown in China and the UK.

General CV (2023) is available here.

Language: Chinese Mandarin 简体中文, English, und ein Bisschen Deutsch

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  • Independent lecturer and tutor in English (IELTS and TOFEL), curating, academic writing, and arts-related courses since 2016.

    Certification of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) is due by July 2024

  • Member of Member of Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI, UK);

    Member of OnebyWalking Research Group (https://www.onebywalking.net)

    Member of Land/Water and the Visual Arts Research Group, University of Plymouth (https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/landwater)

    Member of Museum Association, UK

  • Hiker and trekker: Mount Kailash (5644m), Siguniang Mountain (5355m), Tengger Desert (60km)…

    Drone operator qualified by Civil Aviation Authority (CAA, UK);

    Advanced Open Water Diver qualified by PADI and SSI;

    Beginner Surfer (Level 2) qualified by the Academy of Surfing Instructors (ASI, CN)

    Baking artist qualified by friends: Egg yolk puff, Chinese cheese roll, pastel de nata, Basque cheesecake, mooncake…

  • Teaching, research, photography, curating, writing, editing, translating/proofreading, consulting, and… baking?

    Please contact me with your specific requirements by email. Thanks in advance: )