SUYU CHEN

Cluster Contemporary Jewellery Exhibitor 2024

 

SNOW OBJECT BROOCH | 2021

FALLING BRANCH RING | 2020

 

Suyu Chen is a contemporary jewellery artist and educator working and living in Rochester, upstate New York in United States. Originally from the south of China, she graduated from the MFA program and currently is teaching at Rochester Institute of Technology (USA) as an adjunct faculty. Suyu holed a BA from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China) and also studied at RISD (USA) and Kunstuniversität Linz (Austria). Suyu’s works utilises mixed media such as plastic, fabric and precious metals. She has exhibited her works locally and internationally, including Italy, Spain, US, and China.

 
 
My jewelry works are fueled by the challenge of transforming plastic industrial materials into captivating jewelry pieces. The work mainly utilized PVC pipe, sterling silver, and resin with fabrication, bending, soldering, and layering color processes. My practice in traditional metalsmithing and contemporary jewelry design has empowered me to craft pieces that blur the lines between adornment and mass production, fashion, and sustainability. It is a game between objects and myself - by keeping using the same artifact as a basic module, variation and transformation of forms have no end; All feeling and thinking will reveal on the surface subtly through layered painting and sanding with honest mistake and imperfection. My work aims to change the viewer’s perception of objects and materials through observation.
— Suyu Chen

A STUDY OF SNOW NECKLACE | 2021

TULIP NECKLACE | 2023

 

GREEN WOOD EARRINGS | 2023

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RED WOOD EARRINGS | 2023