Artist in Residence announced for 2026

Moon on right and knitting hands on left with a blanket cone enclosing a smaller image

Sitsong Chen

Black Church Print Studio AIR Award

6 July – 7 Aug 2026

Sitsong Chen (b.1996) is a multidisciplinary artist and illustrator based between London and Shenzhen. Her practice explores the intersection of image and text, focusing on visual storytelling, printmaking, and poetic expression. With a background in both Eastern and Western visual traditions, she works primarily with lithography and drawing to investigate the emotional resonance of word-image relationships. A recent graduate of Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), Sitsong’s ongoing project Visual Poetry reimagines the geography of place and memory—most notably through her work on Dungeness, where she maps internal landscapes through handcrafted prints.

Carrie Ann Plank - Winner of BCPS IAR 2024

Information Cocoon, 2024, lithograph on paper

Sitsong Chen working in Black Church Print Studio