Yuling Chen is a Chinese Canadian new media artist. She is specialized in making works about beauty, labour and racial tensions using media archives exploring histories of new media art. She was born in 1990 on the southern small island of China, Hainan Island, in the city of Danzhou. When she was young she led a nomadic life moving from cities to cities, homes to homes and places to places. Thus, she had discovered her love in literature, obsession with identity, and eyes for design.


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Alex Banman and I lived together in 2020 still. And he raised his fist to threaten me in the apartment. He denied ever doing that. I called police on him. He was arrested. Then he came back out of nowhere. We fought again. He left leaving me in that apartment for almost a year not knowing whether he was paying the bills. I didn’t have any jobs. So I went to food bank to get some food. Then that was not good enough. He came back around 2021. He wouldn’t live in that apartment ever again. I was soon evicted. I called him. He said I could stay with him. I tried to find a job and couldn’t while living together in Scarborough. We fought again.  He called police on me. Then I was restricted to live with him. Until in 2023 I was taken away by police. I lived with my mother who was called to come visit me. He left Toronto and Ontario. He moved to Victoria, Vancouver. At least that’s what he told me. I was diagnosed with psychosis, a disability. I was discharged after the mental health diversion. Now it’s 2026. I’m still living with my mother who applied for Canadian permanent residency. Etc. 

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