2026
A vessel holds. A knot ties.
This series brings these two gestures together through the traditional technique of tatting. The cup becomes a body that holds, while the knots become a means of connecting and preserving. As the circles accumulate, they suggest how memories are formed—not as a single moment, but through repetition, attachment, and the gradual layering of time. Cast in silver, these delicate patterns become traces of repeated gestures made by the hand.
To hold is to keep something from disappearing.
To tie is to give it a form in which it can remain.
2026
2026
Echoes in the Blur 2025
“I Believe memory is always blurry and hazy. It is not unchangeable; through time, it starts to blur, distort, and even reconstruct. Memory is a blend of truth and fiction, shaped by time and emotion. Through fragmented layers, blurred textures, and dynamic forms, I explore its fluidity, fragility, and the elusive boundary between reality and distortion."
Chuhan’s Collection Echoes in the Blur examines the shifting nature of memory through a series of wearable jewellery and vessels. Using techniques such as knot casting, beading,crocheting, and layering, the project explores how memories are held, distorted, and reassembled over time. Materials such as frosted quartz, mother of pearl, and laser engraved acrylic are chosen for their translucent, hazy qualities mirroring the way memory fades or fragments.
Chuhan frames the body as both vessel and memory site, where inner emotion takes external, physical shape. Through tactile contrasts of softness and rigidity, Echoes in the Blur becomes a meditation on what it means to remember, and how jewellery can hold what words often cannot.
Fine Silver, Quartz
Cupronickel, Glass, Mother of Pearl
Sterling Silver, Freshwater Pearl
Sterling Silver, Freshwater Pearl
Cupronickel, Acrylic
Proust’s Trail 2024
Chuhan’s Collection Proust’s Trail aims to provide a multi-sensory experience through jewellery. Scent can trigger emotional experiences in people. Inspired by Chuhan’s acute sensitivity towards scent, she visualises smell through her designs. Using silver as a carrier that materialises how aromas disperse into the air, and attaching cacholong stones that act as memory capsules, she encourages the wearer to explore the relationship between scents and memories.
Sterling Silver, Cacholong
Sterling Silver, Cacholong
Sterling Silver, Cacholong
Sterling Silver, Cacholong
Sterling Silver, Cacholong
Jewellery artist, Curator
Chuhan Xiao is a jewellery artist and curator based in London. Her practice spans across jewellery, vessels, and object making. Chuhan is drawn to the traces we leave behind—how touch, time, and memory linger in form. Chuhan’s works have been featured in exhibitions internationally, including London Design Festival 2025, Printemps Asiatique 2026, and Romanian Jewellery Festival 2026. Alongside her artistic practice, Chuhan’s understanding of materials, form, scale, and spatial relationships has contributed to her curatorial works. She could understand an artist's intention while also considering how the work should be presented within the wider exhibition and how visitors would experience the space.
As her personal interest, Chuhan is also involved in theatre productions, where she contributes to the visual aspects of the productions, while bringing back ideas from these experiences back into her own visual art practice.
Education
Royal College of Art - MA Jewellery and Metal 2025
Central Saint Martins - BA(Hons) Jewellery Design 2020-2024
email:chuhanx2019@gmail.com
instagram: @chuhanx4201
2019
Art Vernissage, Ellia Art Gallery, Paris, France
2021 The Student Medal Project Black Hairs Matters, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, UK
2024
Central Saint Martins BA Graduation Showcase, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2025
Royal College of Art MA Graduation Showcase, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Oscillation, Small Gallery, London, UK
LDF 2025_Secondary Function, Alsolike Gallery, London, UK
Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2025, Arts Thread, London, UK
Inflow 2025, ICR Budapest Ferenczy Museum Center, Szentendre, Hungary
2026
Home is a Feeling, 67 York Street Gallery, London, UK
Echoes-Traces-Residue, The Coningsby Gallery, London, UK
Animot, Safehouse 1, London, UK
Temps Domestiques, Art+art Galerie, Paris, France
Mode de Presence, Hotel Durout, Paris, France
Yesterday was November 18, Tomorrow will be too, Hypha Gallery HQ Euston, London, UK
LDF 2026_iving with Art, Regents’ View by Berkeley, London, UK
Romanian Jewellery Week 2026, National Library of Romania, Bucharest, Romania
Knot, The Factory, London, UK
Selected Exhibitions (Curated)
2024
LDF 2024 Alloy - Crafting New Realities, Alsolike Gallery, London, UK
2025
Plural Future, Annex by the Koppel Project, London, UK
Selected Productions
December 2021
Under the Peach Blossoms, Etcetera Theatre, London, UK
March 2022
Inside the No.502, Shaw Theatre, London, UK
December 2022
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman, King Alfred Phoenix Theatre, London, UK
March 2023
Green Snake, Shaw Theatre, London, UK
March 2024
The Pillowman, The Tabernacle, London, UK
November 2024
Donnie Darko Halloween House Party, 26 Leake Street, London, UK
December 2024
The Late Christopher Bean, The Tabernacle, London, UK
May 2021
BAMS Student Medal Project Catalogue, Issuu
https://issuu.com/marcyleavittbourne/docs/bams_student_medal_project_catalogue_2021___issuu
March 2025
UAL Showcase Collections - Tuning In (London Design Festival), UAL Showcase
https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/collection/london-design-festival-tuning-in
June 2025
School of Arts & Humanities, Royal College of Art
https://2025.rca.ac.uk/school-of-arts-humanities/jewellery-metal-ma/profile/chuhan-xiao/
August 2025
Echoes in the Blur, Arts Thread
https://www.artsthread.com/portfolios/echoes-in-the-blur
November 2025
Inflow 2025. Narratív Space Transformatio, Inflow
https://www.inflowexpo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Inflow-Catalog-2025.pdf
May 2026
Xiao Chuhan: Creating Dynamic Jewelry Experiences Through Scent and Rhythm, China Art Newspaper
http://www.yishubao.net.cn/wh/202605062580.html
July 2026
When the Vessel Breathes, Artmag
https://artmag.org/when-the-vessel-breathes/
September 2026
Chuhan Xiao - Global Creative Graduate Showcase, Romanian Jewelry Week
https://www.romanianjewelryweek.com/participants-2026/chuhan-xiao?rq=chuhan
September 2026
What does your workshop look like the 2026 edition, Rivista Atelierul
https://www.revista-atelierul.ro/2026/09/21/how-does-your-workshop-looks-like-2026-edition/
September 2026
A Curatorial Vision of Eight Designers at Romanian Jewelry Week 2026, Klimt 02
https://klimt02.net/forum/articles/curatorial-vision-eight-designers-romanian-jewelry-week-2026-alexandra-bujenita
September 2026
Romanian Jewelry Week: The perspective behind the designer piece, Luxury Magazine Romania (Physical)
September 2026
Chuhan Xiao: I’m interested in how memories can be blurry, fragmented, so I explore different materials and techniques to give these intangible experiences a physical form, IQads
https://www.iqads.ro/articol/77123/chuhan-xiao-i-m-interested-in-how-memories-can-be-blurry-fragmented-and