Artist Biography / Artist Statement:

Weiyi Chen (b. 1997, Chongqing, China) is a London-based textile artist who graduated from Chelsea College of Arts with a Master’s degree in Textile Design in 2023. Chen’s work explores the emotional and cultural connections between natural materials, personal identity, and human experiences.

Centered on natural dye and machine knitting, she integrates diverse textile techniques, including Chinese intangible cultural heritage methods, with personal narratives to examine themes of heritage, memory, and social issues.

List of previous exhibitions:

2025

• September – Plural Futures, London Design Festival, London, UK

• August – We Are Witches, The House of Small, Edinburgh, UK

• June – Substance & Recoding, YDMD Studio, London, UK

• May – Habitual States, Fringe Art Bath, Bath, UK

• May – POSTULATION, LumiNoir Art Gallery, London, UK

• May – Traces of Becoming (Group Exhibition), DOC. Park, Guangzhou, China

• March – Domestic (Online Exhibition), The Animal Artspace, London, UK

• March – Meta Space Spring Show, Meta Space Gallery, London, UK

• February – Daydream: Halfway Between Here and Not (Group Exhibition), Unihood x2 & Temperature Home, London, UK

• February – Seeing Blue in the Light (Group Exhibition), Gegend Gallery, London, UK

• January – Springish (Dual Exhibition), Perfetti Gallery, London, UK

2024

• December – Looming Stories: Woman’s Voice in Fabric (Group Exhibition), Tutussie Art Space, London, UK

• October – Whispers of Autumn: Seasons of Transition (Online Exhibition), Cista Arts, London, UK

• October – Playground (Group Exhibition), Swanfall Gallery, London, UK

• September – Kairos (Group Exhibition), Indra Gallery, London, UK

• September – Woven (Textile Exhibition), Fox Yard Studio, Stowmarket, UK

• June – Force Majeure (Publication Exhibition), London, UK