Dian Chen (UK)
DIAN CHEN
Biography:
My name is Dian Chen, I graduated from MA Jewellery Design in Central Saint Martins UAL, and now working as an independent jewellery artist and designer in London. I use conceptual jewellery and other body-linked objects as my primary media to explore the role of jewellery in the body-outside dynamic world relationship. Materializing bold imaginations, I give a thoughtful debate about the topics of posthumanism, feminism, LGBTQ movements, identity and gender equality. In 2017, I established my own brand – Ddesign in a vision of combining conceptual jewellery with business publicity. In 2019, my graduation project “Queer Beard & Cyborg Rainbow” was acquired by CSM Museum for permanent collection.
Collection Concept:
My exploration direction is to discuss the possibilities of how jewellery can be an effect interface between human and place, body and objects, human to human relationship, especially in the context of political-right aspect, like gender equality campaign.
Inspired by visual symbols used in gender equality campaign movements, I start this project of gender equality and LGBTQ rights jewellery intending to reflect the spirit of mutual respect, gender proudness, and support for equality. Particularly I used LGBTQ symbols to mimic facial hairs in this collection, and hopefully, it will work as a humorous approach challenging rigid recognition of genders or gender stenotypes. The purpose of my design is to enable people who share the same beliefs in supporting LGBT rights campaigns can make a clear, delightful yet elegant voice by wearing my jewellery.
Mask, gold plated silver, cold enamel, artificial gemstones
Nasal clip, gold plated silver, cold enamel, artificial gemstones
Neck & face piece, gold plated silver, cold enamel, artificial gemstones
Neckearring, gold plated silver, cold enamel, artificial gemstones