Yujia Bian (b. 1993 Yunnan, CN) is an artist and writer, currently based in Berlin. Her work explores a 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. These objects hold symbolic meanings, intertwining personal memories and imaginations. Writing is also integral to her practice. Her texts, often in the form of autofictions, evoke humour and bittersweet emotions, sometimes veering into the absurd.
2025 Trust Quest, Trust, Berlin, DE; Hidden Realities, Spreepark Art Space, Berlin, DE.
2024 Echolocation, Jahresausstellung, 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.