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.
The exhibitions at Gardiner museum were all about people who had low wage jobs. It depicted a visual world enlightened by these workers and their mental health struggles. The emphasis on tactile sensation has created a deeply reflective group of works about identities and struggles. Etc.
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