Modulation

2.0 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm

sterling silver

Fabrication, lost wax casting.

Chris (Yuetong) Zhang is an emerging jewellery artist based in Vancouver and currently studying jewellery design and metalsmithing at Vancouver Community College (VCC). Originally from Beijing, China, and raised and working in Canada within a multicultural environment, she brings perspectives shaped by Eastern culture and philosophy into a contemporary jewellery practice.

Chris comes from a multidisciplinary background informed by science, sustainability studies, and education. These experiences have fostered a strong sensitivity to material behaviour, process, and systems thinking, as well as a patient and attentive approach to making which informs how she develops and reflects on her work.

She was drawn to jewellery for its emphasis on hands-on making and its close relationship with the body, finding it to be a medium that supports personal expression and connection. Her work has received academic recognition and has been selected for exhibition in professional and institutional contexts. She approaches jewellery as more than decoration, using the body as a platform for artistic ideas and treating each piece as a complete form of expression developed through form, material, and process.

Chris has participated in exhibitions including Exposed! with the Society of North American Goldsmiths and the Capstone Student Exhibition at Vancouver Community College. She was a recipient of the Pyrrha Scholarship 2025.