Dongyi Wu is a Chinese-born contemporary jewelry artist, who received her Master’s Degree in Metal and Jewelry Design from Rochester Institute of Technology in the United States, and her Bachelor’s Degree in Jewelry Art Design from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in China. Dongyi’s jewelry practices have been greatly influenced by fashion, which she incorporates garment making skills and fashion elements into her jewelry works, and focuses on exploring the relationship between human bodies and their surrounding spaces. By using a wide range of unconventional materials, Dongyi creates her narrative jewelry pieces with expressive language that is inspired by literature, her own experiences, and research into psychology. While at HCCC, Dongyi will continue working on her “Passerby” collection, which focuses on transferring impressions on streets into artworks that can be worn.
Dongyi has recently completed her artist-in-residence at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, AR, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN, and Contemporary Craft in Pittsburg, PA. Dongyi has her works exhibited worldwide, including Schmuck 2018 in Germany, Joya 2020 in Spain, and six national and international solo exhibitions. Her work is carried by Metal Shop of Baltimore Jewelry Center in Baltimore, Amaranto Joies in Barcelona, Spain, Equinox Jewelry Gallery in San Antonio, Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville, and The Silver Fern in Cookeville.
To learn more about Dongyi Wu, visit https://www.dongyiwu.com/.
Dongyi’s residency was generously sponsored in part by Edward R. Allen & Chinhui Juhn.
