I love Chen's use of body parts and graph paper. Her work is very original, with it's use of rich colours and dark inks. Check out her illustration as well!
Name (Real or Screename): Chen Y, Yao Chen
URL (Blog, Website): http://www.flickr.com/people/chenyaobb/
Location (Where are you from?): 广州 (Guangzhou, China)
Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: Works of my mind, works of people's minds.
Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: Magazines.
Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: Three years. My tutor introduced this area of art works to me when I was studied in my MA course.
Q: Are you solely an artist, or do you work in another profession?
A: I'm an animator and illustrator.
Q: Do you have any formal art training?
A: Yes, 4 years for fine art, 4 years for design, 1 year for illustration and animation.
Q: Explain your favourite techniques. A: Ink (pen) drawing; it's sharp and expresses my style in clear way. Computer edition, easy to try different effects and colour, and redo them easily. Paper cutting, it reminds me that there are bolder ways for creating that I didn't use.
Q: Describe your favourite piece ever created. A: It's hard to choose one. In my collage works, "noble" may be my favourite work. There are two interesting characters I created, and a simple but powerful space in the background. It's more dramatic to me, maybe I will use the similar idea on my animation work.Q: What other artists do you admire?
A: Dave Mckean, and Shaun Tan.
Thanks Chen!