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 2023 I was in a mental hospital. People seemed to be shocked I was there. But i had one of psychosis, psychological break so hard I ended up checking myself in there. After a few days, I was discharged. During the stay, a guy kept playing piano in the common room. That made an impression on me. They also invited me to do sports. I played for a bit. And then it became too much. So I told them I needed rest. Then I was gone thinking I had left my phone there. I called and messaged the social workers. They couldn’t find it. After a few weeks I found it at home. Now I thought about that period of my life as a race to somewhere, thinking of finding a boyfriend, getting married and having a chance to be pregnant and have babies before 35 years old. I just saw Alex Cooper from call her daddy talked about being pregnant and never be alone again in her life. I felt a pang of familiar feelings. I felt the same thing even though I’m not pregnant. Etc. 

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