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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  • Happy

    Happy

    I was arrested, jailed and discharged between 2020 and 2023. I have since changed how I perceived the world around me. I viewed many events in the world as a compulsory lesson on how to be a good and better person. This has significantly changed the outlook of my life. Will I be happy again?… Read more

  • Battles

    Battles

    The complex relationships between Prince Harry and his family have made people weary. The recent proposed visits have thrown them in the embroiled wars of words. The point was California had made their visits rife with tensions. A lot of people lived in California and had never been to Britain. As being somewhat expats or… Read more

  • Is China a big country?

    Is China a big country?

    China has become a fixated point on the map. A lot of people wonder whether it’s moving to China more beneficial or staying abroad. In recent months I have been to a temple that my classmates in OCAD University took me to. It made me remember how right after the graduation in 2019 I have… Read more

  • Is face important?

    Is face important?

    Facial recognition technology is everywhere. People reads into your faces constantly. Police has upgraded their gears in order to document interactions. The focus on face has made surveillance all about the nature of this person, personae or persona. In China, a dictatorial state, technology like this has become ever important. They updated and regulated people… Read more

  • Challenges

    Challenges

    I can’t believe what my life is and has been. In 2020 I lived alone in an apartment. I ate food from the food bank. They didn’t give out cooking oil. I had to borrow it from the strangers. Soon I changed the lifestyle. It was truly a shock to me, graduating from the university… Read more

  • Is Cotton Evil?

    Is Cotton Evil?

    Prince William and Kate Middleton have become a fixture on my news radar since the pandemic. I remember clearly in the early days around 2010 or so moving to Canada I have often studied intensively of how people like them dress up. It had brought me to various brands on ASOS. I noticed the make… Read more

  • Is Racism Broadbanded?

    Is Racism Broadbanded?

    Prince Harry is going back to UK for family visit. However he is stripped off his security since 2020. King Charles offered to help. It has significantly softened the tone of the visit. Many people wondered about the importance of these visits. I think it looked rather practical to visit UK since Prince Harry is… Read more

  • Is Australia an Idea?

    Is Australia an Idea?

    In 2020 Australia and China have had a cold relationship over its ideological differences. People are wondering how this aggression would look in today’s image saturated world. China has banned Australian imports and exports. It makes people go distance when it comes to diplomatic peace. It was over how China didn’t let people investigate the… Read more

  • Euphoria, the question about obsession?

    Euphoria, the question about obsession?

    I watched a clip of Euphoria. I changed my mind. I think the show was pretty critical and good. It revealed gambling addicts’ fully formed dimensionality through the plots of debts. I wonder how it would end in the end since the show was so explosive. It reminded me of people in New York and… Read more

  • Look different

    Look different

    I felt such a shame as I had a living situation back then with Alex Banman. At the last leg of our relationship, I became disillusioned with success. I deleted my works and threw out furnitures wishing to have a new start with a new identity. It had been difficult. I was constantly here and… Read more