Yuxing Chen (b.1998, China) is an artist based in London and Shanghai.

By reflecting on Chinoiserie in historical and contemporary contexts, she explores how Orientalism has been adopted, romanticised and reproduced by the West. Her photographic practice focuses on the issue of decolonisation, on difference and the gaze of the exotic.


Selected Exhibitions:

2025   Culture Identified, Christie's, London, UK
             International Photography Exhibition 165, Museum of Gloucester, Gloucester, UK

2024    Click Together, T China 10th Anniversary, SUHE HAUS, CN
             Rotlicht Festival, Vienna, AT
             PhotoFringe Collective Show, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, UK
             The 9th Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore
             Pingyao International Photo Festival, Pingyao, China
             Encontros da Imagem International Photography and Visual Arts Festival, Braga, PT
             Copenhagen Photo Festival Group Exhibition, Copenhagen, DK
             Athens Photo Festival, Main Exhibition, Athens, GR 
             Interstice of Shedding, Stasis Space, Beijing
             International Photography Exhibition 165, RPS Gallery, Bristol, UK
             Global Sino Award Exhibition, Christie’s, London, UK
             Fresh Eyes Talents, Haute Photographie Rotterdam 2024, NL

2023   PATH— Ways to Illustrative Photography, DongLai Art, Chengdu, CN
             TOP20 Chinese Contemporary Photography Exhibition, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, CN
             Collective show at Phmuseum Days 2023 Photo Festival, Bologna, IT
             The Paintbrush of Nature, Aperture Gallery, London, UK

2022   Current Obsessions, Well Gallery, London, UK
             Variation, Work-In-Progress Show, Safehouse, London, UK

2019    Imageless Dummy Photobook Awards Exhibition, Modern Art Academy, Shanghai, CN

Awards and Nominations:

2024    GETXOPHOTO 2025, Shortlist, ES
              Honorable Mention, Lucie Foundation, US
              KunPeng Award, Pingyao International Photo Festival, CN
              Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award, Finalist, PT
              Copenhagen Photo Festival solo artist selectee, DK
              Fresh Eyes International Talents 2024, NL
              Winner of Constructed Photography Series, Global SinoPhoto Awards, UK

2023    IPE Award, Royal Photographic Society, UK
             Grand Prix Images Vevey, Finalist, CH
             TOP20 Chinese Contemporary Photography, CN
             Open Door Prize, Longlist, UK

2022   The Fourth 1839 Photography Nomination Award, CN

Collection:

2023  Zhejiang Art Museum

2022  UAL Collection

Press:

2024   Multi Multi Photoworks Annual
            Chinese Photography
            RPS Journal
            GUP Magazine
            T Magazine

2023  Chinese Photography
           The Paper
           Conceptual Projects
           British Journal of Photography

2020  Sixth Tone

Talks and Panels:

2025  Guest lecturer, London College of Communication, London, UK

2024  Selection panel, International Photography Exhibition 166, Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, UK.
            Artist talk, Lunar New Year 24' Picnic, It’s a Local Collective, London, UK
            Artist talk, IPE165 Open House Talk, Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, UK

2023  WIP portfolio reviewer, London College of Communication, London, UK.




Based in London and Shanghai

For enquiries and commissions:

Email: chenyuxingcyx@gmail.com
Instagram: yuxingchen_