POSTPONED: From History Major to Tech CEO: An Unexpected Journey

Please note that this event has been postponed. A new date will be announced in the coming weeks.

Guest speaker Audrey Ou '19, Co-Founder and CEO of TRLab, will share her unexpected journey from Princeton humanities student to tech company CEO, and offer practical career advice for those considering the fast-paced world of NFTs and token-gated experiences. Audrey co-founded TRLab in 2021 with a unique mission: to fuse NFT technology with fine art expertise and pioneer a new breed of digital-native art collecting experiences. She has partnered with world-renowned artists, foundations and institutions - including Vogue Magazine, the Alexander Calder Foundation, and gunpowder artist Cai Guo-Qiang - to develop and launch NFTs projects that serve a larger mission of education, philanthropy and cultural stewardship.

Speaker Bio

Audrey Ou is CEO and Co-Founder of TRLab, a full-service platform that fuses NFT technology with fine art. TRLab works with artists, foundations, and institutions to develop curated NFT collecting experiences that prioritize education, access and ongoing innovation. TRLab’s team has successfully conceived and launched NFT projects with leading digital and traditional artists, including “Your Daytime Fireworks”, an interactive collecting experience with renowned contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang that has been nominated for the 2022 Lumen Prize. “The Calder Question”, an education-driven NFT experience devoted to Modern art master Alexander Calder launches in October 2022.

Prior to TRLab, Audrey was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Olive Capital focusing on consumer technology. Her involvement in contemporary art derives from her family’s engagement with Rockbund Art Museum since its formation in 2010, where she assisted with solo exhibitions of artists such as Cai Guo-Qiang and collaborations such as the Hugo Boss Asia Art Project. Audrey is a member of the Asia Art Committee and Young Collectors Committee at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

She holds a B.A. in History from Princeton University and a M.S. in Applied Analytics from Columbia University.

About TRLab

Co-founded by Xin Li-Cohen, Christie’s non-executive Deputy Chairman, and TRLab CEO Audrey Ou, TRLab fuses NFT technology with fine art expertise to pioneer the future of collecting. TRLab’s team has successfully conceived and launched NFT projects with leading digital and traditional artists, including “The Calder Question”, an educational NFT experience devoted to the artist Alexander Calder, and “Your Daytime Fireworks,” an interactive collecting journey with contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, which has been shortlisted for a 2022 Lumen Prize for Art and Technology. Backed by investors from the tech and art sectors, TRLab’s partners and investors include Dragonfly Capital, Pace Verso, and Rockbund Art Museum, one of Asia’s premier contemporary art museums. Learn more about TRLab projects.