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.


Kindergarten, Chongqing

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I was a girl who was sent to live in Chongqing. People wondered what those formative years did to me. It made me realize I’m an individual who has needs. I often went on a single trip to the convenience store on the street to buy manga. I read a horror story collection in one sitting. The cover art of a disembodied woman’s hand still gave me creeps. Later my dad came to visit. He took me on a rollercoaster. I was really scared. Then he found out he lost his wallet. That also made me scared. Was I the reason he lost his wallet? He didn’t blame it on me. But still I felt guilty. Then they took me back to Haikou after the kindergarten was finished. Was I a better person? 

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