Date
Saturday, 18 April 2026
Time
10:00 - 11:00 (1 hour)
Price
£5
Jiayi Chen is a visual and performance artist whose work centres on Nüshu, the endangered women’s script from rural China. Join her as she weaves together Nüshu with textile traditions that have held memories across generations.
Drawing on her work with women, elders, young people and diasporic communities, Jiayi explores how thread, cloth and handwritten marks can carry love, grief, heritage and care.
Together, you will look at how fibre became a language and how Nüshu, passed from woman to woman, continues to inspire collective storytelling today. The talk invites listeners into a gentle conversation about memory, craft and the power of women’s voices.
About Jiayi Chen
Jiayi Chen is a visual and performance artist whose work centres on Nüshu, the endangered women’s script from rural China. She has led more than one thousand workshops across galleries, schools and community spaces, including Fruitmarket, Copeland Gallery, Goldmsiths, King’s College London and Central Saint Martins. Her work supporting women and girls was recently recognised by UN Women UK, where she was shortlisted for an award. Jiayi creates gentle and welcoming spaces where people of all ages can reconnect with their stories through simple marks, thread and movement.