Yiyi Chen is a visual artist from Changsha (Hunan, China), based in the Netherlands since 2015. Working primarily in painting and film, she merges times and places, opening space for associative thinking and emotional connection. She captures intimate fragments of everyday life—embroidered flowers from her grandparents’ home, collared crows on Mount Yuelu, or pixelated WeChat screenshots that bridge distant worlds.

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Whether filming under the vast Dutch skies, examining the façade of influencer culture in her rapidly transforming hometown or tracing the once glorious Casa Blanca as it is slowly reclaimed by the rainforest, Chen’s work reflects layered, often contradictory impressions of place, longing, and change.