Yen
Textile ArtistCharacter DesignerIllustrator
Contact
Email: [email protected]Instagram: @yentarciea
About
Yena Cha, preferred as Yen, is a South Korean textile artist with the bachelor of Design in Illustration and Character Design from Alberta University of the Arts, graduated in the year of 2025.Before she attended art university, she was interested in becoming an author, but her path had shifted into art. In that path, she had chosen the fine art stream rather than design stream due to her passion and interest in playing with fabric and threads.In her works, she creates soft sculptures and relief on canvas with a numerous layer of symbolism that expresses her storytelling and inner expression.
2025
Tea Cats
Multi Persona (12.5 x 18 x 13 inch)
(Back side of Multi Persona)
Praying for Consistency (12 x 24 inch)
Princess in the Coffin Adaptation (7 x 10 x 5.5 inch)
Luck Bloom in Us (10 x 10 inch)
Sweet Stories Untold: Dessert Delight (7 x 12 x 9 inch)
2024
Sweet Stories Untold (16 x 24 x 8 inch)
Christmas Light (7.5 x 12.5 x 5.5 inch)
Caged (20 x 16 inch)
2023
An Unfulfilled Promise
Angel Boy
Yen's favourite group called Tarciean in various outfits!(Still working on it!)
Identity Swap: Jun the Puppeteer
8 x 12.5 x 5.5 inch
Aug 2023
Identity Swap: Jun the Sewiest
6.5 x 12.5 x 5.5 inch
Aug 2023
Group Exhibitions
2025 Graduation Show, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB
2025 Good Vibration, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB
2024 Student Gallery Crawl, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB
2024 9th Annual Animal Kingdom Art Exhibition, Fusion Art, Online, Finalist
2023 Student Gallery Crawl, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB
2023 Flip the Script, Fort Calgary, Calgary, ABCompetition
2025 Calgary Stampede Youth Poster Competition, Calgary, AB, Top 30Awards
2024 Jason Lang Nom Scholarship
2023 9th Animal Kingdom Art Exhibition, Finalist Certificate
2023 Jason Lang Nom ScholarshipEducation
2025 Bachelor of Design, Illustration and Character Design, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, ABExperiences
2025- Present Exhibition Volunteer: PRESENCE, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, AB
2025 Wayfinding Support for LOOK25, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, AB