Qianwen Yu is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist and independent animator. With a background in architecture and drawing, she explores the connection between weaving and music by translating musical compositions into woven textures and creating symphonies from weaving drafts. Her textile works have been exhibited at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center "{Re}Happening", Hyde Park Art Center, and Woman Made Gallery. In 2024, she had solo exhibitions at the Ignition Project and Evanston Art Center and presented her work at the Textile Society of America Symposium.

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Qianwen’s animation practice focuses on textile animation, combining fabrics and watercolor techniques in stop-motion projects. She was featured in Gateway, China Southern Airlines' in-flight magazine, in February 2024. Qianwen holds an MFA in Film, Video, New Media, and Animation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2020).