SEMI-FINALIST OF THE 2024 LVMH PRIZE

Ya Yiby Yayi Chen Zhou

Growing up in Spain, China and the USA, Ya Yi Chen’s artistic inspirations stem from her multicultural upbringing. Her work explores women with multicultural identities and expands the cross-disciplinary conversation of fashion, performance, film and fine art.
While weaving the voices and emotions of female collectives with diverse backgrounds, she uses her design language to explore the complex identity of Asian immigrant women in her unique and poetic craft. In her work, the female body is often covered with lace, translucent jacquard, decorative fringes and beading.
The designer established her namesake label Ya Yi in New York City in 2022.