Yaning Liu

Bio

Yaning Liu is a jewellery artist and researcher based in both the UK and China, whose work has been exhibited internationally. He holds a BA from Beijing Union University and completed an MA in Jewellery and Metal at the Royal College of Art in 2024. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh, where his research explores the narrative potential of jewellery in its stored state and the proposition of storage-oriented design approaches.

Statement

Yaning Liu’s work investigates the existential context of jewellery and its bodily and sensory engagement. He employs a process of recontextualisation and defamiliarisation within his practice, examining the symbolic nature of human interactions with everyday environments through people’s presence and absence. He frequently works with found objects and the visual language of everyday materials.

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