Kristi Xiyuan Chen is a multi-disciplinary visual artist based in Toronto. Prior to her stay in Toronto, Chen was born in Vancouver and lived in Singapore, United States, Hong Kong in her childhood/teen years. Her work hypothesizes where the past coincides with the present through surreal environments, animals and imaginative creatures. Chen as a Canadian, Singaporean Chinese individual whom lived in East Asia and North America, has always felt positioned in a paradox. Throughout her life, she seeks to find comfort within her diasporic experience, which has influenced the imagery and materiality presented in Chen’s body of work. Manipulating three-dimensional objects , reviving lost traditions and legacies is an extension of her body and life. Creating a dialogue using sculptural forms to communicate complex identity politics and forgotten familial narratives could be potential relics for generations before and after.