Rui Sha is an interdisciplinary artist who primarily works in the fields of sculpture and new media. She grew up in Beijing and worked as a furniture designer there before moves to Chicago, where she completed an MFA degree in Art and Technology Studies at the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Her works usually engage with videos featuring the sounds of nature and objects fabricated in wood, fabric, and other. The natural materials that she brings in become the carriers of everyday experiences and emotional expressions. Her work has been exhibited in places such as Roman Susan (Chicago, IL), Krasl Art Center (St. Joseph, MI), CICA Museum (Gimpo, Korea).