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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In 2017 I went to London, UK with a bunch of selected students and faculty from OCAD university on the funds provided for the global experience project. My eyes were open. People in London were really friendly. The consideration for the class war was ignited as we communicated and talked to the artist Isaac Julien. I went to several museum spaces to look at their exhibitions. It was clear they have a different artistic style than us. The culture shock was imminent. I thought about how I could shoot videos incorporating their styles. I was excited about all these new information. After graduating in 2019, I was immediately obsessed with writing. I paid for a continuing education course to write novel at the university of Toronto. But the pandemic came. I couldn’t finish the course due to the mental demands this class required. I only took one class and dropped out. Now it’s 2026. I’m reconsidering taking classes. I wonder whether it’s going to be worth it. Is it going to be eye opening? Etc. 

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