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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  • France, Actions

    France, Actions

    Is France a subject people revere? When the ideas of people come alive, people are desperate to get in the actions. People throw all sorts of parties. But they have no idea how to make one stick. Read more

  • France, Republic

    France, Republic

    Is France making good with people? People are upset. Many of them get jobs elsewhere. They can’t help reimagining a different republic. Who is the school headmaster now? Read more

  • Psychedelic, Bunny’s Vision

    Psychedelic, Bunny’s Vision

    Psychedelic, Bunny’s Vision Review Writing Sample Yuling Chen Bunny is a motif often used in art related to psychedelic. It’s a reference to the banned testing on live animals. The exhibition Psychedelic at the Royal Ontario Museum stakes its controversial heart on the indigenous knowledge about the drugs. It consists of installations, photos and videos… Read more

  • Bees’ Lives

    Bees’ Lives

    Bees’ Lives Review Writing Sample Yuling Chen Bees are precious. At the Royal Ontario Museum, the artist makes a bold claim about bees’ survival relying on the care of people. The exhibition weaves multiple narratives about bees and their mating rituals to display a world that’s competitive, aggressive and courageous. Many bees need to pair… Read more

  • France, Energy

    France, Energy

    Is France traumatized by the spectacle of the protests? People are gathering evidence that these protests are not sustainable. However they found renewed energy to continue their movements. Will this further radicalize the students? Read more

  • France, Bind

    France, Bind

    Is France in a bind? People are making claims about the super power such as the United States. However the fact many park rangers have families is often not figured in the census. Read more

  • France, Housing

    France, Housing

    Will France transform? People think transformation only happens if people are in difficult circumstances. That’s not true. Transformation happens anytime anywhere. Is social housing the solution? Read more

  • State Firm, Dating

    State Firm, Dating

    My friend Lifan Zhou was diagnosed in 2023 like I was with mental illness. She talked about getting jobs as English teacher in China and working at the base level in a state firm in Nanjing. I only remembered her asking me to hang out nonstop in 2019 when she was trying to find a… Read more

  • France, Manifesto

    France, Manifesto

    Is France coming around for a communist manifesto? People are going back to China on the precipice of doing something wrong. They make wrong decisions and commit bad things like crimes. They think escaping to China will help them. But they are wrong. Are they aware of how people work? Read more

  • France, Toll

    France, Toll

    Is France cool to elect newbies? There are many political upstarts. They all select a party oriented mindset. Many of them toll the changes happening everywhere. Read more