about

Chyna-Lily Tjauw Rawlinson is a multi-disciplinary artist from Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work includes a variety of mediums including film photography, sculpture, paintings & video. She is focused on femininity deriving from her own experience as a multicultural female growing up in Aotearoa. She studied in Te Whanaganui-a-Tara from 2018-2021 and has exhibited in multiple spaces in Te-Aro including Three Eyes Gallery and most recently Toi Pōneke in collaboration with Simon L Wong for their newest group show Sailing Lanterns. She is currently based in Ponsonby working alongside her dad and grandad making jewellery for the family business Bijoux.


Recognition

2021
Peter Turner Scholarship in Documentary Photography 



Education

2021
Massey University
Masters in Fine Arts

2017-2020
Massey University
Bachelor's Degree
Fine Arts
First Class Honours




Publicity

2024 Viva
Interview by
Madeleine Crutchley


2024 Ensemble Magazine
Interview
By Abigail Dell’avo

2024
Sauce Magazine
Chills mention
by Yana Kulishenko

2023
Sailing Lanterns 
Group Artist Talk
by Kerry Ann Lee
for Toi Poneke

2022
Asian in Aotearoa
Podcast
by Jenna Wee

2022
Cool Pretty Cool
Interview

by Yawynne Yem

2021
Women Clan
Interview
by Chloe Mason


ig:@chyna.lily
chynalilyr@gmail.com