BIOGRAPHY
Yichen Zhao is a jewellery artist and designer who graduated with an undergraduate degree in jewellery from Central Saint Martins in UAL and now studying Jewellery and Metal Program in Royal College of Art. Living and working in the UK, China.
He uses humour and thoughtfulness in his work, combining design and production methods to question the identity and meaning of jewellery and objects. His work is a personal response to everyday experiences and observations.
Yichen works independently and collaboratively on private and public projects, personal research projects and collaborative design projects. Has experience working with various brands.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Jewels have always been an ornament for our body, as diamonds have always represented love. All objects have their own narratives and voices. Yichen Zhao is interested in the relationship between the material and immaterial world. Jewellery and metal are the basic expression of himself.He focuses on playing with the definition between object and jewellery. To identify more possibilities of the world. I work through variable materials, and combinations of objects.
EDUCATION &
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
2024-2025 ROYAL COLLEGE OF ARTS - MA JEWELLERY AND METAL
2021-2024 UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON - CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS - BA JEWELLERY DESIGN
2020-2021 UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON - CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS - FOUNDATION DIPLOMA
Echoes of stillness, The handbag Gallery - Aug 2025
2025 RCA Graduated show exhibition, RCA Battersea , The Obsolete object & Jewellery Collection - Jun 2025
London Craft Week Official Interview X Blackdot Gallery, Obsolete Jade Object Collection - Mar 2025
UN-Exhibition, Solo Show - Feb 2025
GLOBAL SHOWCASE NOMINEE in Didots Global Talent Showcase 2024 - Jan 2025
The Unexpected Jewellery and Object -The Cluster Gallery London -Dec 2024
Innovation Sustainability - Blackdot Gallery &London Design Festival -Sep 2024
The Unexpected Jewellery - Lethaby Gallery - Jun 2024
BAJD Work in Progress Show - Central Saint Martins London - Feb 2024
The Portfolio Project - Cartier X CSM Collaboration Project - Jun 2023
Louis Vuitton X CSM Collaboration Project - Short List Selected - May 2023
Vitsoe Gallery - The Concersation Piece in Munich - Mar 2023
Swarovski XCSM Collaboration Project in Season Gallery - Jun 2022
YICHEN ZHAO Fashion brand collection 2022 SS core designer, 2021-2022
Van Cleef &Arpels PTA Project (Part-Time-Assisstant)