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Yujia Bian (b. 93 Yunnan, CN) is an artist and writer, currently based in Berlin. Her work explores the feedback loop between what’s made physically and digitally,  and how they are each brought into the world of the other, often through installations and videos. These processes generate symbolic meanings that are understood metaphorically, before being further differentiated. Her recent practice explores how personal experiences are mediated through everyday objects — like a dice, a piece of moss, or a marble bead — intertwining personal memories and imaginations. Writing is also integral to her practice. Her texts, often in autofictions, evoke humour and bittersweet emotions, sometimes veering into the absurd. 

2016 - 2018 M.S. Critical, Curatorial & Conceptual Practices, Columbia University, US
2019  Studied Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Trust Quest, Trust, Berlin, DE; Hidden Realities, Spreepark Art Space, Berlin, DE; Studio Show at Cank, Berlin, DE; Backstage Unwrapped, AdBK Nürnberg, DE;
2024 Echolocation, AdBK Nürnberg, DE.
2023 Not a Penguin Pool: Echoes of More-than-Human Entanglements. Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau, DE; A Sample of Life in Shanghai 公寓问题. 555 Found / 三明治 & 建安公寓, Shanghai, CN.
2022 Landscapes of Material and Mind, New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), New York, US.
2019 Oslo Architecture Triennale, NO; The Oculus Art Show, Asia Cultural Center & The Blanc Gallery, New York, US; SYMPOIESIS, School of Visual Arts, New York, US. 

Selected Residencies
2024-2025 Trust Quest, Trust, Berlin, DE
2024 Spreepark Art Space Residency, Spreepark Art Space, Berlin, DE
2023 Bauhaus Lab 2023: Concrete Antarctica, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau, DE
2019 Bio Art Summer Residency, School of Visual Arts, New York, US
         Princeton-Weimar Summer School for Media Studies , IKKM/ The Internationales Kolleg für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie, Weimar, DE
2018 Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art, Berlin, DE

Regular Writings
Artforum 艺术论坛 2019-2023
1(CN)  2(EN)

Full CV and portfolio available upon request