Tottenham Court Road IV, 2025

Exhibited as part of Flourish, Printmaking in Excellence; a touring exhibition of contemporary printmaking, presented by West Yorkshire Print Workshop (WYPW).

This touring exhibition brings together diverse voices and approaches, offering audiences a unique opportunity to experience contemporary printmaking from across the UK.

Qinlin Yang is a Chinese artist who lives and works in London, UK. Based on her background, she focuses on immigration mental states, compiling complex emotions. She studied Illustration and Book Artist at Anglia Ruskin University, where she was introduced to printmaking. After moving to London, she participated in several intensive courses at the Royal Drawing School, gradually shifting her artistic focus toward printmaking and drawing. In 2025, she completed a three-month printmaking residency at East London Printmakers Studio, further deepening her understanding of the medium.

Qinlin Yang’s art practice is deeply influenced by her personal experiences of relocating between cities. Her work explores the impact of immigration on one’s sense of identity and belonging. Through the medium of mezzotint printmaking, she expresses feelings of isolation and uncertainty, using visual language to reflect these emotions. By preparing her own plates and carving directional lines, Yang evokes both the passage of time and the emotional tension tied to displacement. The soft, indistinct images in her prints convey the subtle pressure immigrants face in their new environments. Within the context of visual research, her work aims to represent emotional trauma and the invisible weight of displacement, utilizing the language of printmaking to communicate these complex experiences.