Awarded in the 7th Annual Women’s Emerging Artist Awards 2024

Attended the 7th Annual Women’s Emerging Artist Awards

September 19th, 2024

Empowering Female Voices in Contemporary Art. The Women in Art Prize discovers and elevates emerging female Artists across the UK and overseas. Each year, they select 22 visionaries poised to reshape the art world, with an additional spotlight on one international talent.

At the 7th Annual Women’s Emerging Artist Awards, I was deeply honored that my photography piece “Vulnerability” has won the Eve Arnold Photography First Prize and will be featured in Artter Magazine. This moment fills me with immense gratitude and emotion.

I want to sincerely thank WOMEN IN ART   for providing this incredible platform for all female artists to showcase their work and stories. You have given voice to women in art and lit the way for us to dream bigger. Special thanks to the Eve Arnold Estate @evearnoldphotographer for supporting and recognizing my work. This is not just an honor for me but for all women photographers. Huge congratulations to all the brilliant artists, especially @speciesism.wtf and @ella_kowalska. It was a privilege to share this stage with you.

My personal journey has been truly unique. I come from a very small village in China, and I have been chasing and realizing my dream here in London. No one truly understands the challenges I’ve faced, and my identity itself reflects the essence of “Vulnerability.” To be the only Asian woman to receive this honor at the awards ceremony is a milestone in my artistic life. Throughout the past three years of pursuing my PhD, I have endured unimaginable challenges—both physically and mentally. I fell into deep depression and, for a time, couldn’t even leave my room. Photography became my only light in the darkness, guiding me through the hardest times. For those like me, who embody “vulnerability,” we must never give up on that one ray of hope. It is what will lead us to brighter days. Thank you to this organization and platform for making invisible female artists like me visible! This recognition means the world to me.