September cover of L‘Officiel China🖤
My new fashion attempt;-)
Thanks to—
Producers: Mao Lue, Li Xiaopeng
Creative Planner: Summer Ding
Coordinator: Daxiong
Photographer: Jiang Nan Nam (ASTUDIO)
Styling: Sun Yijing (Sua.Sun)
Makeup: Mao Mao
Hair: He Zhiguo
Words: Li An
Artist: Erjia (ASTUDIO)
Editorial Assistant: Estella Xu Meng
Photographer Assistant: Yang Chen (ASTUDIO)
Costume Assistant: Hannah Lixia
What a dream❤️🔥 So honored to be the cover star of NOWNESS’s Spring Issue!!
Had the best time shooting with KeyA and brainstorming wild creative ideas with the NOWNESS team✨
@nowness@nownessasia
ARTnews April issue🖤
Started as something personal.
Now it moves without me.
My work leans surreal—
where the self and technology begin to speak,
forming a different kind of reality—
one my generation is already living through.
Thanks ARTnews for having me in this conversation.
#NOWNESSPresents NEW: Follow Yanran Chen and KeyA on a journey through time and space. 🪞
Chinese artist Yanran Chen creates scenes beyond reality through painting. In collaboration with POP MART, she introduces a new character, KeyA, with its debut series A Lucid Dream.
In ‘The Guide to The Multiverse’, as dreams seep into reality and mirrors begin to crack, another world slowly comes into view. Using imagination as her key, Yanran Chen passes through mirrors, wanders through corridors, and opens doors into otherworld. There, reality and dreams begin to overlap, as her fantastical journey with KeyA quietly unfolds.
Tap the link in bio to watch the full film on NOWNESS ASIA 🎬
Featuring @yanran_chen_
Produced by @yaohuiyaohui
Executive Producer @fridamonchi
Account Manager @chouyrr
Project Manager @livwoo_s
Creative @rhtmj@y00017_
Director & VFX @chenshuohsu
Photographer @sihao__li
Producer @cami_ichen
DOP @soulscape.an
Assistant Director & AIGC @poppulse_ming
Video Art Direction @liku_lulu
Stylist @pekopekooooo
Makeup @beata_dx
Hair @yuwei.weng
Editor @witt_tttt
Colorist @dominicaiiii
Sound Mix @ceezybeatz
My work《Natural Connections》🐌 was exhibited at Art Basel Hong Kong by @tangcontemporaryart . A fulfilling week in Hong Kong, from Complexcon to Art Basel, and I‘m looking forward to the next exhibition this year!📝
《Cast Me》—a sculpture I created exclusively for KeyA. Countless tiny fragments of KeyA come together to form a complete whole. We are all constantly perfecting ourselves, and imperfection is precisely what makes perfection📝
