Chu Winnie Cheung - China - Global Creative Graduate Showcase
Chu Winnie Cheung
Designer biography:
Chu Winnie Cheung is a Chinese artist and translator based in Toronto. She received her MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2023. Cheung's practice is inspired by the philosophies of Buddhism and Taoism, providing insights into both the objective and spiritual worlds. This cultural foundation shapes her approach to context, materials, and formats, as she creates jewelry by distorting paper and using detailed enameling and engraving. Cheung’s work explores the freedom between humans and nature, using ‘clouds’ as a central motif. She extends this metaphor to examine societal and individual perspectives within Chinese culture through the format of jewelry.
Collection concept:
The artist explores the freedom between humans and nature, using ‘clouds’ as a central motif. She documents the complex realities faced by women in China, showing how they are shaped and constrained by patriarchal norms and positioned as the secondary gender. While creating pieces that capture the raw and unbridled energy of the natural world, she aims to restore the free and wild perceptual channels of humans to nature that have been destroyed or blocked by modern society. By doing so, she challenges the viewer to reconsider their relationship with the natural world and the societal constructs that shape their lives.
Pendant_Centralized_2022_Xuan paper,string,flour
Pendant_Centralized_2022_Xuan paper,string,flour
Pendant_Centralized_2022_Xuan paper,string,flour