Marlene Yuen 袁慧嫻 (she/her) is a visual artist. She is a second-generation Chinese-Canadian who lives, works and makes on the unceded and ancestral home territories of the xwməθkwəyəm ̓ (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səlílw̓ ətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Her practice varies from illustrations, prints, comics, zines and handmade books. Marlene’s books and zines have been retained in special collections archives nationally and internationally. In 2021, her short-run book, Ho Sun Hing Printers, received an honourable mention from the Vancouver Book Awards program. She has also created artworks about Vancouver’s historic Chinatown and Chinese Canadian labourers for museums, galleries and public art programs. Marlene has exhibited at the Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, grunt gallery, Griffin Art Projects, the Chinese Canadian Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery and Richmond Art Gallery. Her mural, The Journeys Here, will be part of a travelling exhibition, Odysseys and Migration, at the Royal BC Museum in 2025 and Barkerville Museum 2026.
Marlene is also a parent and has worked on artworks, residencies and endeavours pertaining to labour and caregiving. She currently serves on the West Coast visual arts sector advisory for Balancing Act’s x Mothra Level Up! program.
