Miyuki Guo

About

Biography

Miyuki Guo is a Chinese Canadian artist based between London and Shanghai. Her multidisciplinary practice explores the relationship between material and immaterial realms through glass, clay, and metal. Blending intuitive making with philosophical inquiry, she investigates themes of duality, transformation, and the space between presence and absence. Her sculptural works serve as both visual diary and material experiment. With a background in fashion design, media, and education, her approach remains fluid and shaped by lived experience. Miyuki holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design and recently completed an MA in Ceramics & Glass at the Royal College of Art in London.

Artist Statement 

“Who am I? And what am I doing here?”

Miyuki’s practice is a continuous response to these existential questions. She explores the hidden structures that shape our reality, inviting introspection into the universal patterns that connect individual and collective experience. Working with glass, ceramics, and metal, she creates environments where materials are encouraged to self- perform—revealing their inherent behavior and the chemistry that emerges between them. Recurring forms such as spirals and staircases appear as symbols of movement and transformation—not as repetition, but as continual reinvention. Through experiments in color, form, and spatial relationship, she investigates how sharp edges soften into curves, and how broken parts coalesce into new formations.

At the core of her work is the belief that all things are interconnected. Opposites—such as chaos and order, presence and absence—are not in opposition, but in dynamic balance. By constructing spaces where meaning unfolds naturally, she invites a shift in perception and a deeper sense of connection.

Nowhere, Now Here (2025)

Nowhere, Now Here is a sculptural collection by Miyuki, presented as part of the Royal College of Art’s 2025 Ceramics & Glass Graduation Show. Working with cast glass, clay, and metal, the collection offers a personal reflection on the journey of life, one shaped by cycles of becoming, unraveling, and return. It functions as both a visual diary and an ongoing inquiry into transformation, stillness, and surrender. This is not only a meditation on the external path through the world, but an exploration of the journey within, where perception shifts, polarities dissolve, and deeper alignment becomes possible. Many works are cast in glass using the lost wax technique, preserving traces of original gestures while allowing fire and time to shape their evolution. Using materials as both medium and collaborator, Miyuki creates environments where forms are allowed to self-organize—spirals, staircases, and broken fragments emerge as quiet reflections on duality, perception, and the unfolding of The Way. Glass shifts with light, bronze fills what once was absent, and the path forward reveals itself through inward movement. This collection invites a contemplative encounter in the subtle thresholds where inner and outer worlds meet.

Instagram: @miyukiguo

Website: www.miyukiguo.com