Yaning Liu
About
Email: y.liu-656@sms.ed.ac.uk
yaningliu.art@gmail.com
Instagram: @yaningjewellery
Yaning Liu is a contemporary jewellery artist and researcher. He holds a BA degree from Beijing Union University and graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2024 with an MA in jewellery and Metal. He is currently undertaking a practice-based PhD at the University of Edinburgh.
Yaning’s work explores the state of jewellery’s being, narrative, and bodily and sensory engagement. Through his practice, he examines the symbolic nature of interactions with everyday objects to question behavioural norms and value construction, investigating intimacy, wearability, and the narrative potential that emerges through human presence and absence.
Yaning’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at Galerie Marzee and The Wearhouse in the Netherlands, London Design Festival, Munich Jewelry Week, among others. His practice and perspectives havealso been featured in publications such as Current Obsession, Klimt02, and SMCK Magazine.