Mavis Chen earned a BDES in Interdisciplinary Design at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and a minor in Jewellery and Metalsmith.
Mavis finds with her interdisciplinary design background, she is able to look at Jewellery and Holloware designs from a different perspective, as she is always inspired by graphics and illustrations. In her work, she tries to find a balance between functional, aesthetic, and storytelling. Jewellery is a medium she uses to communicate with the world.
Mavis’s work has been exhibited nationally. Recently her works were selected for "Camp: A Spectacle of Rings", exhibited in LaPai gallery, Ottawa, and for the 2021 Snag Student Exhibition. Also, her ‘Window’ series has been juried into The GIFTED Show, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC. She won the Avondale Artist Village Pin Design Award (Halifax, NS) in 2021. She is currently creating her commission of Avondale Artist Village Pin with the support of Impact Cultural Capital CIC.
Exhibitions:
Upcoming: Silver Triennial International 2022, Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V., Hanau, Germany
2022: Canadian Silver Society Student exhibition, L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2022 Anthology, a collection in bloom, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2022 The Earring Show, Craft Council of BC, Vancouver, BC
2021 The GIFTED Show, Vancouver Metal Arts Association & Circle Craft, Vancouver, BC
2021 Camp! A spectacle of Rings, Co-Adorn Art Jewellery Society, L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottowa, ON
2021 Voltage: The Power of Contemporary Jewelry; SNAG;
2021 Snag2021 Student Exhibition; SNAG;