Fine Art. Installation. Performance.

As an interdisciplinary artist whose art examines the remnants of beings and places, I have created atrium-sized installations, to small objects of wonder. I am often recognized for my performances of Eidolon of A-Ngoh, the telephone installation of my mother's voice "I can't forget, okay?", and collective grief projects, such as Always with Us.

Eidolon photos by Kyra Allen

Craft +
Custom Ceramics

A mission to create the perfect urn for my mother led me to designing custom urns for others. There are also fun explorations in other ceramic forms (fortune cookies, dumplings) between Asian American culture and American Craftsman archtectural design (with its ties to East Asian design).

Artist Bio

Julie has an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford, a BFA in Multimedia and Performing Arts from the Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and certification in End-of-Life care (death doula, University of Vermont). Alongside being an artist, Julie is also a designer and educator in art, architecture, and design.

Contact

I'm interested in the different ways we remember people and places, in the artifacts we leave behind. I am open for consultations, collaborations, and community connections. Please feel free to contact me anytime for a chat.

Griefwork +
Death Care

Christmas Day, 2017

On doctor's orders, I had driven into Brooklyn to take my mother to the emergency room at her doctor's urging. Sitting in the exam room, we watched the ER doctor fight back his tears as he told us his findings–my mother had late-stage pancreatic cancer. She was a single mother to me, her only child.

Over the course of the next five months, I became my mother's primary caretaker. I was witness to her death while I held her hand at her bedside. This profound experience was a gift that led me to my investigations in deathcare, legacy, and memorialization.

© 2026 Julie Chen