Yukai Chen

Yukai Chen (he/they) is a lens-based artist born in Xiamen, China, and currently living between Xiamen and New York. Their work examines the construction and transformation of spaces and identities, exploring how people shape and reshape them over time. Chen’s work has been featured in The Boston Globe, Boston Art Review, and PhMuseum. They are a recipient of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Support for Artists Grant, the Brooklyn Arts Council’s Brooklyn Arts Fund and the En Foco Fellowship.

Moving with steady intent and an enduring gaze, Chen lingers in spaces, weaving through site visits, prolonged observation, and meticulous composition before the shutter clicks. Their practice gathers the ephemeral, stitching together fleeting instants until each image emerges, born not from haste but from the quiet weight of lived experience.