Shiyun Deng is an interdisciplinary artist and visual designer born and raised in Guangdong, China. Their work deals with the momentarily emergence of language from the apparatus of body. They consider language communication as an action, and amplify their motives in oral and mark-making forms by performing, drawing and singing.

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Education

2023-2025        MFA Graphic Design, Yale School of Art, New Haven, USA

2016-2021        BA Graphic Design, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, NL

2020.5-7         Dark Matters(cohort), SFPC, School for Poetic Computation, Online

2017.8            GDA Summer Session, Tokyo, JP

2014-2016        Industrial Design, Beijing City University, Beijing, CN

Related Works / Experiences

2018-present         Studio Shiyun Deng, Hybrid

2018-2019           DingDongDeng w/ Dongbin Han, Arnhem/Rotterdam, NL

2020.9-12            Internship, Studio Constant Dullaart, Berlin, DE

2018.9-2019.3        Internship, Studio ZerodotZero, The Hague, NL

Exhibitions

2025.5         an oblique character, GD MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, USA

2024.9         Upward Spiral, Second-Year MFA Exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, USA

2021          Finals, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, NL

2019          'Algorithmic Fitness', Motel Spatie, Arnhem, NL

2017          'Pattern Recognition', Design Koishikawa, Tokyo, JP

2017          'Hokjesgeest', Affiche gallerij, 3sec. gallery, The Hague/Breda, NL

2016.9        'LineTo', ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, NL

Talks / Residencies

2022.3        Talk, Locating Enter: Where Are You? | Thursday Night Live!, Het Nieuwe Instituut, NL

2021.9        Presentation, On Screen(s) - Together Apart, Salone di Mobile Milano, IT

2021.8        Online Residency, 'Enter x Temporary House of Home', Het Nieuwe Instituut, NL

2019.6        Presentation, ‘The Hmm’, Motel Spatie, Arnhem, NL

Publications / Awards

2025          Andrea Frank Foundation Sanyu Scholarship, USA

2024          Yale School of Art Dean's Travel Grant, USA

2021          Metropolis M - No.4 2021, 'Eindexamens 2021', text by Loes van Beuningen (printed)

2021          Podcast Syntax at ArtEZ Finals, interview by Rawad Baaklini, Arnhem, NL (radio)

2020          RushPrint0 - Bad Type, interview by Dongbin Han, Arnhem, NL (printed)

2016          Holland Scholarship, NL

( Portfolio on request :)