Biography
Scarlett Yang is an artist whose practice exists at the intersection of ecological narrative, material intelligence, and technological speculation. Educated in both art and engineering at Central Saint Martins, the Royal College of Art, and Imperial College London, she brings a hybrid perspective to her practice.
Working across sculpture, installation, and time-based media, Yang investigates the poetics of transformation: how matter, identity, and systems are shaped by environmental conditions and digital generative processes. Her research-led approach explores themes of entropy, mutation, and adaptation.
Yang is also an experienced innovation consultant, affiliated with the UK Design Council.
She has received multiple awards, including the LVMH Green Trail Award and Rolls Royce MUSE Art Program. Exhibitions include the V&A Museum, Christie’s, Somerset House, Center for Heritage, Arts and Textiles, and the London Design Biennale.
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Selected Exhibitions:
2024 Factory of Tomorrow, Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile, Hong Kong
2024 Designing for the Real World, Somerset House, UK
2023 [solo] Beyond Nature, Somerset House, London, UK
2023 History in the Making, Compton Verney Gallery, UK
2023 Fashion Fiction, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
2023 Christie’s Lates, Christie’s London, UK
2022 Muse - Rolls Royce Art Programme, London, UK
2022 Plastic Crush, Wereldmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
2022 Screenwear, Design Museum Den Bosch, NL
2021 How to Dress Yourself Digitally, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
2021 London Design Biennale, Somerset House UK
2021 Materia Gris, CentroCentro, Spain
2020 Alternative Futures, Kyoto D-Lab Gallery Tokyo, Japan
Talks and Teaching:
2025 Advisory, Design Council, UK
2023 Opening Panelist, Fotografiska, Berlin
2023 Workshop Lead, Digital Transformation Session, Royal Society of Art UK
2022 Guest lecturer, MA Innovation Management, Central Saint Martins
2022 Panel speaker, Vogue x Boston Consulting Group Sustainability Conference, Poland
2022 Conference panelist - De Montfort University UK
2020 Panelist, Photographer’s Gallery x Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2019 Somerset House Studios London UK
2019 Guest Lecturer, University of Applied Science Amsterdam
Awards:
2022 Spirit of Ecstasy Challenge winner, Muse - Rolls Royce Art Programme
2021 United Nation COP 26 Climate Conference delegate
2021 YouFab Global Creative Award winner
2021 Dezeen Award Longlist
2020 LVMH Maison/0 Green Trail Prize winner
2020 The Mills Sustainability Prize winner
2020 SHOWstudio Class of 2020 winner
