ABOUT
ARTIST BIO
Kelly (Zixuan) Qi (b. 1990) is a visual artist whose main practice involves digital collage and mixed media. Her work is based on a long-term exploration of her inner self, revolving around personal memories, childhood images, and astrology as metaphorical languages, and deeply explores the fluidity of identity and self-healing.
Her work focuses on the concept of "multiple selves," using childhood photographs as the main narrative subject. Through deconstruction, reconstruction, and layering, she explores how individuals coexist with different versions of themselves during their growth. She treats astrology as a narrative tool for presenting inner conflicts and transformations, aiming to make its metaphors perceptible to any viewer through intuitive, surreal visual language.
With a background in fashion design and pattern making, she applies the three-dimensional thinking patterns from her fashion practice to digital collage creations. Her works incorporate tactilely rich materials such as linen, felt, and embroidery stitches, presenting a soft, imperfect, and restorative visual experience. For her, stitching is not merely a decorative element, but a powerful symbol of "self-reconstruction." Like bridges, it connects conflicting emotions, transforming them into a balanced and peaceful state. Each piece is a fragment of her ongoing artistic practice; they are independent yet collectively constitute a more complete emotional narrative. Kelly strives to create a surreal, healing space through soothing colors, inviting viewers to pause and reflect.
Kelly祁子轩（1990年）是一位以数字拼贴与混合媒介为主要实践方式的视觉艺术家。她的创作基于对自我内在的长期探索，围绕个人记忆、童年影像以及占星学作为隐喻语言展开，深入探索身份的流动性与自我疗愈。
她的作品聚焦于“多重自我”的概念，将童年照片作为叙事主角。通过拆解、重组与层叠的方式，探索个体在成长过程中如何与不同版本的自我共存。她将占星学视为一种呈现内心冲突与转化的叙事工具，旨在通过直观的超现实视觉语言，让任何观众都能感知其隐喻。
凭借服装设计与制版的专业背景，她将服装实践中的三维思考模式应用于数字拼贴的创作中。在她的作品中融入了亚麻布、毛毡和刺绣线迹等触感丰富的材质，呈现柔软、不完美与修复的视觉体验。对她而言，缝线不仅仅是装饰元素，更是“自我重塑”的有力象征。它们如同桥梁一般，将冲突的情感连接起来，转化成一种平衡又和平的状态。每一件作品都是她持续艺术实践中的片段，它们各自独立，又共同构成了一个更完整的情感叙事。kelly致力于通过舒缓的色彩，营造出一个超现实的疗愈空间，邀请观者在此驻足与反思。
ARTIST STATEMENT
My interest in astrology began in childhood and deepened as I grew up. Difficult aspects in my horoscope, such as Sun-Saturn squares and Moon-Venus squares, profoundly shaped my psychological experience. I often fell into a cycle of low self-esteem, excessive focus on others' opinions, self-criticism, and procrastination. I even learned to constantly give and please others in exchange for their approval. These long-term internal struggles prompted me to question how I could coexist with these energies. I then combined astrology with art, using it as a path to self-understanding and healing.
In my work, the dilemmas of constellations and astrological charts are transformed into narrative frameworks. I choose ‘my childhood self’ as the narrative protagonist, narrating my journey of self-discovery through autobiographical collage. Using a digital mixed-media collage technique, I combine childhood photographs, public domain footage, and digital drawings, incorporating fabric and embroidery stitches. This creates a work that possesses the tension of digital surrealism while retaining the warmth of handmade collage.
I don't want my collages, exploring healing, to become overly burdensome. While the work often addresses negative energy and inner conflict, I try to respond with bright, healing colors, imbuing the images with the power to alleviate anxiety. I hope viewers will see reflections of themselves in the work, finding resonance between conflict and healing, and ultimately gaining a gentle sense of self-acceptance.
我对占星学的兴趣始于童年，并在成长过程中逐渐加深。星盘中的一些困难相位，例如日土刑与月金刑，深刻地塑造了我的心理体验——我常陷入不自信、过度关注他人眼光、习惯自我批判与拖延的循环。我甚至学会通过不断付出和讨好来换取他人的肯定。这些长期的内在困境，促使我开始思考：如何才能与这些能量共处？于是，我将占星学与艺术创作结合，用它作为理解与疗愈自我的路径。
在我的作品中，星座与星盘困境被转化为叙事框架。我选择“小时候的我”作为叙述主角，通过自传式拼贴讲述自我探索的过程。我使用数字混合媒介拼贴的方法，结合童年照片、公共领域影像与数字绘制，并融入布料与刺绣线迹，使作品既带有数字超现实主义的张力，又保留手工拼贴质感的温度。
我不希望疗愈探索的拼贴变得过于沉重。虽然作品的切入点往往是负面能量和内心冲突，但我尝试用明亮而治愈的色彩作为回应，为画面注入缓解焦虑的力量。我希望观众能够在作品中看到自身的投射，在冲突与疗愈之间找到共鸣，从而获得一种温柔的自我接纳感。