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Huizhong

Xue

Huizhong Xue is an Edinburgh-based artist and practice-based PhD researcher working across Ball-Jointed Dolls (BJDs), craft objects, installation, picture books and digital media. Her practice explores the BJD as a narrative body: a handmade, articulated and modifiable figure through which stories, memories and lived experiences can take material form. Drawing on her background in doll-making and picture-book creation, Xue develops surreal worlds where bodies, objects, places and environments are closely connected. Her work often uses making, alteration, posing and photography to explore how a doll can carry narrative through its structure, surface and movement. Xue also works with digital and AI-assisted forms of co-creation, considering how handcrafted objects can be extended through computational tools. She holds a BA in Information Design and Picture Book Creation from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, and an MA in Illustration from the University of Edinburgh.

Disciplines: Installation

Location: Edinburgh

Materials: Assemblage, Objects, Modelling, Glass

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Huizhong Xue is an Edinburgh-based artist and practice-based PhD researcher working across Ball-Jointed Dolls (BJDs), craft objects, installation, picture books and digital media. Her practice explores the BJD as a narrative body: a handmade, articulated and modifiable figure through which stories, memories and lived experiences can take material form. Drawing on her background in doll-making and picture-book creation, Xue develops surreal worlds where bodies, objects, places and environments are closely connected. Her work often uses making, alteration, posing and photography to explore how a doll can carry narrative through its structure, surface and movement. Xue also works with digital and AI-assisted forms of co-creation, considering how handcrafted objects can be extended through computational tools. She holds a BA in Information Design and Picture Book Creation from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, and an MA in Illustration from the University of Edinburgh.

Previous Experience

Publication: Picture Book Flower Rover’ published by Shanghai Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House (2020). Honours and Awards Contests: – The First Children’s Picture Book Exhibition of the China Artists Association – Participant (2026) – “Vibrant Imagination” at the CAFA Art Museum – Participant (2026) – CDCS Digital Research Fund (2025) – Where Life Thrives: Exploring Enchanted Realms in BIB’s Award-winning Illustrations – Participant (2025) – Wonder Dolls Exhibition – Participant (2024) – MA Illustration with Distinction, University of Edinburgh (2022) – Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava – Participant (2021) – Tencent ‘Create for Good’ Contest – The Excellent Design Award (2020) – 798 Art Zone x IOMA Immersion Picture Book Art Exhibition – Participant (2020) – The 15″ Exhibition of Outstanding Works of CAFA Picture Book Studio (2019) – ‘Beauty of Life’ Exhibition of Children’s Outstanding Illustration – Participant (2019) – ‘SDGs’ Thematic Poster Design Challenge – The Excellence Award (2017)

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