Xiaoxia ChenART · MOTION · INTERACTION
About / Xiaoxia Chen

Making room
for another way
of feeling.

I am Xiaoxia Chen, an artist and interactive media designer. My work moves between drawing, experimental film and embodied interaction. I often begin with a personal experience—a feeling, a memory, a question about the body—and explore how it might become a space that someone else can enter.

I use projection, point clouds and real-time media to create encounters between the physical and the imagined. Recent projects consider memory, bodily autonomy and the possibilities of a cybernetic future.

I hold an MA in Art and Science from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and studied Experimental Media Art at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. My professional practice spans visual design, augmented reality, projection mapping and animation storyboarding. I am interested in developing this experience towards character performance and storytelling for film and games.

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Education

2022–2024

Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London

MA Art and Science
London, UK

2006–2010

Central Academy of Fine Arts

Art and Design · Experimental Media Art
Beijing, China

Professional practice

Mar 2024 – Dec 2025

Brand Design Director · Part-time

Smorobot Technology Co., Ltd.
Led visual direction, concept development and design execution across brand touchpoints.

Aug 2019 – Nov 2021

Senior Media Manager

Qiling Digital Technology
Designed motion and interactions for AR products and interactive multimedia storytelling.

Jan 2016 – Jul 2019

Senior UI Designer

iHANDYSOFT
UI, visual and interaction design for utility and social applications serving international markets.

Nov 2014 – Nov 2015

Visual & Multimedia Designer

Beijing Pulses Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Visual design and motion content for marketing, operations and e-commerce.

Oct 2012 – Oct 2014

Multimedia & Animation Designer

Leovation
Concepts, visuals, UI/UX, animation storyboards and shot breakdowns for AR, projection mapping and interactive multimedia projects; collaboration with technical teams.

Recognition

2010

Flow of Mind

Graduation project, Central Academy of Fine Arts. Second Prize at the Journey of a Thousand Miles exhibition of outstanding 2010 graduate work; held in the permanent collection of the CAFA Art Museum.

2009

Collaborative Short Film

Contributed to a 30-minute student film awarded Academic First Prize in a course project at CAFA.

Ways of working

Practice

Concept development · Animation storyboarding · Visual design · UI and interaction design · Multimedia project planning · Interdisciplinary collaboration

Tools

Unity · TouchDesigner · Adobe After Effects · Adobe Premiere Pro · Final Cut Pro · Adobe Photoshop · Adobe Illustrator · Affinity Designer

Contact

Let’s start a conversation.

csyhazelart2021@gmail.com

For creative collaborations, commissions and conversations about my work.

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