Fragile Link explores the invisible connections between bodies, landscapes, and people. It reflects on the fragile distance between myself and others, between one body and another, and between humans and the natural world.
A typographic score that can be read through layout and rhythm. The work records private emotions from my life in the Netherlands, translating hesitation, wandering, and tears into a visual form of musical notation.
In China, the dining table is often a microcosm of children’s socialisation and a site for the intergenerational transfer of family culture.
Musical characters that can dance.
Created wooden birdhouses together with military veterans at Bronbeek Museum during my Master's studies.
Based on my experience in a Chinese art entrance exam training camp, this work questions how formulaic art education teaches students to reproduce the same “perfect” image.
Collaborative banner installation developed during a drawing workshop. Through observing Vondelpark, photographs, drawings, and frottages were transformed into layered collages using the acetone transfer technique.
Developed through workshops with children at the Denmark Street Community Centre in Belfast during my Master's studies.
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Through her practice, she creates expressive spaces that are safe and gentle, but also playful, strange, and open to experimentation. These spaces allow unspoken words to take form, transforming fragile emotions and hidden tensions into something that can be touched, shared, and played with.
Graphic Design
2025–present
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ArtEZ University of the Arts
International Master Artist Educator
2023–2024
Arnhem, Netherlands
Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts
Visual Communication Design
2019–2023
Shanghai, China
Ogilvy China
2022
Worked on branding and visual communication projects, supporting concept development, layout design, and campaign production.
Workshop Facilitator & Community Artist
Denmark Street Community Centre, Belfast
2024
Developed and facilitated collaborative art workshops with children as part of my Master's studies, exploring storytelling, play, and community engagement through creative practice.
Community Art Project
Bronbeek Museum, Arnhem
2024
Collaborated with military veterans to design and build a wooden birdhouse, exploring craftsmanship, memory, and intergenerational exchange.
Editorial Design
Experimental Publishing
Bookbinding
Silkscreen Printing
Art Installation
Critical Thinking
Participatory Workshops
Soctal Engaged Art
Community Collaboration
Material Experimentation