KAIJIE CHEN
ABOUT
Kaijie Chen is a surface innovator and visual artist. Her work combines engineering technology, material exploration, and visual design to create experimental designs. The synthesis of engineering and design gives her work its unique aesthetics. She holds a master’s degree in Surface Imaging Design and a bachelor’s degree in Textile Design & Engineering. She is the recipient of numerous international awards, including the GOOD DESIGN® Award, Adobe Design Achievement Awards, and A' Design Award. Her projects have been exhibited nationally and internationally at The School of Visual Arts in NY, the MOOD Museum of Design in Italy, Budapest Projekt Galéria in Hungary, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art in Korea, and Hebei International Industrial Design Week in China. She has also given keynote speeches at SEGD (Society for Experiential Graphic Designs) and in DesignPhiladephia. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and Boston, MA.
Selected Exhibitions
Experimental Fashion & Fiber Art 2022, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art — Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 2022
URBN AAPI Exhibit, B543 Gallery — Philadelphia, USA, 2022
disCONNEXION, WEI OFFICIAL 2022F/W, Asian Arts Initiative — Philadelphia, USA, 2022
Young Designer Spotlight Speaker, 2021 Digital Textile Printing Conference — Durham, USA, 2021
Salon #1, New Collectors Gallery — New York, USA, 2021
First Featured Artist in Partnership with Vital Climbing Gym — Brooklyn, USA, 2021
SoHo Week-long Pop Up in Partnership with DOORS — New York, USA, 2021
Unusual Beauty & Grow, School of Visual Art — New York, USA, 2019/2020
Surface Imaging Symposium Speaker, DesignPhiladelphia — Philadelphia, USA, 2019
MSSI Alumni Exhibition, DesignPhiladelphia, Center for Architecture and Design — Philadelphia, USA, 2019
Young Designer Summit Speaker, SEGD (Society for Experiential Graphic Designs) — Austin, USA, 2019
Steelcase Showroom at NeoCon, the MART — Chicago, USA, 2018
Utopa International Design Exhibition, ShenNonTaiYangCheng — China, 2018
Hebei International Industrial Design Week, Hebei Design Center — China, 2017/2018
Shenzhen Design Week, Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center — China, 2017/2018
40 x 40 Exhibition Budapest, Budapest Projekt Galéria — Hungary, 2017
Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing Conference, The Lalit Mumbai — India, 2017
A' Design Award Exhibition, the MOOD Museum of Design — Italy, 2017
Specialty Graphic Imaging Association Expo — Las Vegas, USA, 2016
Philadelphia University Surface Imaging Graduation Show — Philadelphia, USA, 2016
Awards
Y.O.Design Lab Awards, 1st Place Graphic Design Award for XEV — USA, 2023
Y.O.Design Lab Awards, The Boldest Award — USA, 2023
IPPAWARDS, Honorable Mention, People Photography — USA, 2022
GOOD DESIGN® Award, Building Materials — USA, 2018
Indigo Award, Gold Winner, Integrated Graphic Design — the Netherlands, 2018
Indigo Award, Gold Winner, Digital Design — the Netherlands, 2018
Sunbrella "SHADE-SCAPE" Sunshade Pattern Design Competition — China, 2018
Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Semifinalist, Fine Art - Graphic Design/Print — USA, 2017
A' Design Award, Bronze Winner, Graphics and Visual Communication Design — Italy, 2016 - 2017
The International Design Awards (IDA), Silver Winner, Other Graphic Designs — USA, 2016
The International Design Awards (IDA), Honorable Mention Winner, Other Product Designs — USA, 2016
SGIA Award of Excellence Award, Interior Design — USA, 2016
SGIA Certificate of Merit Award, Heat Transfers (Textile) — USA, 2016
Nexus Maximus 2015 (Johnson &Johnson), Aalto Ventures Program Award — USA, 2015
Coca-Cola Contour Bottle Design Contest, 1st Place Graphic Design Award — China, 2015
Selected Press
Kaijie Chen The US-based Surface Innovator and Artist Uses Techniques from Engineering Technology and Material Science to Inform Her Cross-disciplinary Designs, ICON Magazine — 04.01.2023
25 Stellar Website Examples to Inspire You in 2023, Shaping Design by Editor X — 12.21.2022
專訪對談: 藝術探索家KAIJIE CHEN走上與別不同的創作路，實踐靈動迷人的設計, SPHERE原點 — 12.14.2022
Featured Artist in Partnership with Wix Editor X — 07.23.2022
Represented Artist by New Collectors Gallery: Kaijie Chen, Artsy — 03.13.2022
Artist Shoutout, Hyper_Connection, 751 Int'l Design Festival, Beijing Design Week — 09.24.2021
Artist Talk with Alice Gong, Kaijie Chen and Paul Mok, New Collectors Gallery — 09.18.2021
New Collectors Presents Salon #1 — 08.27.2021
Featured Artist Showcase: DOORS NYC Inaugural Exhibit — 06.17.2021
Represented Artist by Jedidiah Gallery: Kaijie Chen, Artsy — 02.22.2021
Q&A: Kaijie Chen, Design Mate — 02.15.2021
WixSite, Artist Spotlight on WixPlayground — 08.14.2020
Favorite Designer of the Day - Kaijie Chen, FAVOURITE DESIGN — 03.23.2020
ContinuEd Project Space: Kaijie Chen, School of Visual Arts — 12.02.2019
designboom设计邦专访艺术探索者Kaijie Chen, designboom设计邦 — 06.26.2019
Speaker Spotlight: Kaijie Chen at 2019 Young Designers Summit, SEGD — 06.08.2019
Nature Force, Architectural Products Section of Spring Market Tabloid, Interior Design Magazine — 05.31.2019
创意 | 这位荣获The Good Design大奖的设计师，与我们聊了聊“自然力量”, KINFOLK基本生活 — 04.22.2019
NatureForce自然力量 GOOD DESIGN新材料, designboom设计邦 — 03.21.2019
Kaijie Chen: "You should never let tools limit you", BERLOGOS — 02.07.2019
A Modular Interactive Tile with a Light-Sensitive Led Panel, INSPIRATIONIST — 01.25.2019
Power of Nature, BERLOGOS — 01.23.2019
Nature Force - 2018 GOOD DESIGN® Award, Archinet — 01.22.2019
Exploding Brain Featured on Best of Neocon Innovation Award-winning SILQ chair in Chicago, Steelcase — 06.11.2018
Kaijie Chen Stretches the Limits of Printing and Design, the INK TANK — 05.29.2018