XIAOYI CHEN / 陈萧伊 is born in Sichuan, China in 1992. Currently lives and works in UK and China. She received her MA in photography from the London College of Communications in 2014 and was awarded the LCC/Photofusion Prize. Chen's work has been exhibited and published internationally; She was earned the prize of Three Shadows Photography Award 2015, China’s most prestigious photography contest.
Chen’s practice is tied to a natural, oriental aesthetic, influenced by Western abstract art and oriental philosophy. Photography is a personal tool for Chen, used to question broad concepts that migrate from the personal to the philosophical realm. Her recent work focuses on the combination of photography and printmaking, a combination of techniques used to explore beneath the surface of things by simplifying and abstracting; an approach aimed at reviving spiritual awareness and intuition before entering the symbolic nature of what we view.
EDUCATION
2014 University of the Arts London - London College of Communication / MA Photography
2013 International Gemological Institute / Polished Diamond Grader P.D.G
2010 - 2013 University of Leeds Met / BSc (HONS) Photographic Journalism
SOLO EXHIBITION
2016, Koan, Matèria Gallery, Roma, Italy (upcoming)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015, The Elephant in the room, V art center, Shanghai, China (upcoming)
2015, The 2nd Three Shadows Experimental Image Open Exhibition, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
2015, Photobook Show, Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2015, Celebrating Asian photobooks, Kassel Photobook Festival, Germany
2015, Off Print London, Tate Modern (Turbine Hall), London, UK
2015, China 8: Work in Progress, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2015, Three Shadows Award Exhibition, Three Shadows Photo Center, Beijing, China
2015, On Landscape#2, Matèria Gallery, Roma, Italy
2015, 5o Contemporary Chinese Photobooks 2009 －2014, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2014, MA Photography Final Show, London College of Communication, London, UK
2014, "Exhibition Evenings #7", House Gallery, London, UK
2014, Interim Show, London College of Communication, London, UK
2013, CLICK Exhibition, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
AWARDS
2015, Winner of Seventh Three Shadows Photography Award
2015 Finalist Barcelona International photography Awards
2015 Shortlisted for the Athens Photo Festival Photobook Exhibition
2014 Winner of The Photofusion Prize 2014
PUBLICATION
2015,《5o Contemporary Chinese Photobooks 2009 －2014》, edited by Yining He, p. 87-88, China
2014, KOAN, Published by PJB Editions, London, UK
2012, RAY Magazine, Self Published, Leeds, UK
MEDIA FEATURE
2015 TIME, Discover the Winner of China’s Most Prestigious Photo Award
2015 Chinese Photography, “The Adventures of Image on Paper: Chinese Contemporary Photobooks Reviews” by Yining He, P50-51, May
2015 The outlook Magazine, “Detachment”,p.184-185, Issue 156 May.
2015 Fotografia Magazine,#FMsatellite
2014, KINFOLK (china), “ Go to find other side of the sea” (Profile |去寻找大海明媚之外的另一面)
COLLABORATIONS
Matèria, Italy
COLLECTIONS
Private collection, United Kingdom
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, China
