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Artist Bocen Zhou
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Award Winner at Cluster Jewellery 2025 edition
with MydayByday Gallery
to Artist Bocen Zhou
Bocen Zhou (born 2001) is a contemporary jewellery artist and designer.
She graduated with a BA in Jewellery Design from Central Saint Martins and earned an
MA in Jewellery & Metal from the Royal College of Art. She currently lives and works between the UK and China.
with MydayByday Gallery
to Artist Bocen Zhou
Bocen Zhou (born 2001) is a contemporary jewellery artist and designer.
She graduated with a BA in Jewellery Design from Central Saint Martins and earned an
MA in Jewellery & Metal from the Royal College of Art. She currently lives and works between the UK and China.
Instagram: @bocen_zhou
Inspired by literary metaphors, art historical contexts, and ecological philosophy,
her practice explores symbiotic relationships within the framework of the Anthropocene.
Through mediums such as video, poetry, and jewellery, she investigates the boundaries between matter and spirit, order and chaos, life and death. Adopting an almost archaeological approach, she brings dust, soil, glass, and pebbles into dialogue, constructing a visual epic on the cyclical transformation of matter in the universe. Her accolades include the Cartier Scholarship, the Marzee Graduate Prize, the MullenLowe NOVA Award, and recognition as a Bright New Gems winner.
her practice explores symbiotic relationships within the framework of the Anthropocene.
Through mediums such as video, poetry, and jewellery, she investigates the boundaries between matter and spirit, order and chaos, life and death. Adopting an almost archaeological approach, she brings dust, soil, glass, and pebbles into dialogue, constructing a visual epic on the cyclical transformation of matter in the universe. Her accolades include the Cartier Scholarship, the Marzee Graduate Prize, the MullenLowe NOVA Award, and recognition as a Bright New Gems winner.
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Artist Bocen Zhou
From Dust, To Dust takes dust as both material and metaphor—at once tangible and close to nothingness, a “breath of matter” at the threshold between the physical and the spiritual. The series reflects on the boundaries between matter and spirit, order and chaos, life and death.Through the symbol of the pebble, it narrates cosmic cycles and the transformation of matter, revealing the poetry embedded in life’s rhythms. Soil becomes both origin and end—a boundary where cycles converge. Between earth and kiln, in transparency and silence, the work creates a field where entropy and negentropy intertwine, linking the fleeting existence of the individual with the eternal order of the universe.
Artist Bocen Zhou
Artist Bocen Zhou
Pebbles, though ordinary, carry immense complexity.
Their particles were born from the Big Bang and supernovae, later drawn into Earth’s gravity during the solar system’s formation. They traveled through cosmic winds, mountains, and seas before converging in a pebble—only a fleeting encounter in geological time. In the future, they may transform into sedimentary rock, fossil, or drift back into space as cosmic dust, seeding new stars and planets. Thus, the pebble becomes both vessel and witness, allowing us to step beyond individual limits and glimpse the infinite cycles of matter and life.
Through a dialogue between dust, soil, glass, and stone, the series weaves a meditation on the universe, time, and existence—inviting viewers to reconsider their relationship with nature, temporality, and the Other.
Their particles were born from the Big Bang and supernovae, later drawn into Earth’s gravity during the solar system’s formation. They traveled through cosmic winds, mountains, and seas before converging in a pebble—only a fleeting encounter in geological time. In the future, they may transform into sedimentary rock, fossil, or drift back into space as cosmic dust, seeding new stars and planets. Thus, the pebble becomes both vessel and witness, allowing us to step beyond individual limits and glimpse the infinite cycles of matter and life.
Through a dialogue between dust, soil, glass, and stone, the series weaves a meditation on the universe, time, and existence—inviting viewers to reconsider their relationship with nature, temporality, and the Other.
Artist Bocen Zhou
Artist Bocen Zhou
Artist Bocen Zhou
These works are made using my unique kiln-forming glass bubble technique, which seals natural
soil and rock powder inside glass bubbles and then transforms them into pebbles through cutting,
grinding, and polishing processes. The entire project uses recycled glass and recycled silver in response
to the global call for sustainable development.
soil and rock powder inside glass bubbles and then transforms them into pebbles through cutting,
grinding, and polishing processes. The entire project uses recycled glass and recycled silver in response
to the global call for sustainable development.
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Artist Bocen Zhou | Instagram: @bocen_zhou
bocen zhou CV
Bocen Zhou (born 2001) is a contemporary jewellery artist and designer. She graduated with a BA in Jewellery Design from Central Saint Martins and earned an MA in Jewellery & Metal from the Royal College of Art. She currently lives and works between the UK and China.
Inspired by literary metaphors, art historical contexts, and ecological philosophy, her practice explores symbiotic relationships within the framework of the Anthropocene. Through mediums such as video, poetry, and jewellery, she investigates the boundaries between matter and spirit, order and chaos, life and death. Adopting an almost archaeological approach, she brings dust, soil, glass, and pebbles into dialogue, constructing a visual epic on the cyclical transformation of matter in the universe. Her accolades include the Cartier Scholarship, the Marzee Graduate Prize, the MullenLowe NOVA Award, and recognition as a Bright New Gems winner.
Education
Master of Arts Jewellery &Metal, Royal College of Art, London ENG 2025
Graduate Gemologist International Gemological Institute, Shanghai 2024
Bachelor of Arts Jewelry Design, UAL: Central Saint Martins, London, ENG 2023
Foundation Diploma 3D Design , UAL: Central Saint Martins, London, ENG 2020
Exhibitions
2025 Cluster Contemporary Jewellery Fair Cluster London London United Kingdom
2025 London Design Festival 2025 Blackdot Gallery London United Kingdom
2025 Marzee International Graduate Show 2025 Galerie Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
2025 ooo Exhibition Alsolike Gallery London United Kingdom
2025 RCA 2025 Postgraduate Exhibition Royal College of Art London United Kingdom
2025 FIRST Youth Film Festival China
2023 Marzee International Graduate Show 2025 Galerie Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
2023 INTRO Gallery Amsterdam Netherlands
2023 Central Saint Martins BA Jewellery Design 2023 Degree Show Central Saint Martins London United Kingdom
Awards
2025 Mydaybyday Gallery Award 7th Edition of CLUSTER Contemporary Jewellery London United Kingdom
2025 Bright New Gems 2025 winner Bright New Gems London United Kingdom
2023 Marzee Graduate Prize 2023 Galerie Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
2023 MullenLowe NOVA Award Runner-up Prize MullenLowe Global Central Saint Martins London United Kingdom
2022 Cartier Scholarship: Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Cartier London United Kingdom
Social Links
Instagram @bocen_zhou
Instagram url https://www.instagram.com/bocen_zhou?igsh=MTcxaDIwcmhzN3o2Zg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Inspired by literary metaphors, art historical contexts, and ecological philosophy, her practice explores symbiotic relationships within the framework of the Anthropocene. Through mediums such as video, poetry, and jewellery, she investigates the boundaries between matter and spirit, order and chaos, life and death. Adopting an almost archaeological approach, she brings dust, soil, glass, and pebbles into dialogue, constructing a visual epic on the cyclical transformation of matter in the universe. Her accolades include the Cartier Scholarship, the Marzee Graduate Prize, the MullenLowe NOVA Award, and recognition as a Bright New Gems winner.
Education
Master of Arts Jewellery &Metal, Royal College of Art, London ENG 2025
Graduate Gemologist International Gemological Institute, Shanghai 2024
Bachelor of Arts Jewelry Design, UAL: Central Saint Martins, London, ENG 2023
Foundation Diploma 3D Design , UAL: Central Saint Martins, London, ENG 2020
Exhibitions
2025 Cluster Contemporary Jewellery Fair Cluster London London United Kingdom
2025 London Design Festival 2025 Blackdot Gallery London United Kingdom
2025 Marzee International Graduate Show 2025 Galerie Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
2025 ooo Exhibition Alsolike Gallery London United Kingdom
2025 RCA 2025 Postgraduate Exhibition Royal College of Art London United Kingdom
2025 FIRST Youth Film Festival China
2023 Marzee International Graduate Show 2025 Galerie Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
2023 INTRO Gallery Amsterdam Netherlands
2023 Central Saint Martins BA Jewellery Design 2023 Degree Show Central Saint Martins London United Kingdom
Awards
2025 Mydaybyday Gallery Award 7th Edition of CLUSTER Contemporary Jewellery London United Kingdom
2025 Bright New Gems 2025 winner Bright New Gems London United Kingdom
2023 Marzee Graduate Prize 2023 Galerie Marzee Nijmegen Netherlands
2023 MullenLowe NOVA Award Runner-up Prize MullenLowe Global Central Saint Martins London United Kingdom
2022 Cartier Scholarship: Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Cartier London United Kingdom
Social Links
Instagram @bocen_zhou
Instagram url https://www.instagram.com/bocen_zhou?igsh=MTcxaDIwcmhzN3o2Zg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr