My name is Meiyi Chen, and I’m an interdisciplinary artist currently studying at Parsons. I love experimenting with textures, meandering lines, and the emotionally intangibles. I appreciate real man-made art, labor of love, and genuine thoughts and feelings. In my art, I advocate (or want to) for justice, queerness, love and peace. I love my friends and family, making animation and memes, and spending time with my cat (my muse), Toasty!
Even before I knew anything at all, I felt as if I was destined to make art—though there has to be a deep influence passed down to me from my mother and her father who I never truly talked with when it was possible—both of whom make art. Art is my life and a free form of spirit that endlessly runs through my veins. I am born to tenderly experience all kinds of emotions, forms of expression in existence, languages that different materials speak—I learn, combine, and challenge myself to render multimedia art that can only be made by me, which also means something to someone else out there as well. I wish I could not only be a great artist one day, but also someone whose works, words, and actions can provide support to those who need them.
