Skip to main content
Photography (MA)

Jiayi Wang

Artist and photographer based in London and Beijing. She has dabbled in cinematography and film production, lighting, environmental design, and cultural industry management. She utilises multiple media, characters of light, materials and spatial structure to create works. She regards photography as contemporary art that encompasses the active choice of each step in the creation process, and an inclusive way of embedding personal emotions and thoughts into materials with untapped possibilities.

Degree Details

School of Arts & HumanitiesPhotography (MA)RCA2023 at Truman Brewery

Truman Brewery, F Block, Ground, first and second floors

A selfie facing the glass, with a mirror directly across the room in the glass

Interpreting myself through the reflections of this world, a process akin to experiencing an inner crisis. To forget the average state constructed by the ontology of survival, one must awaken to the awareness of existence in time and focus on the relationship between oneself and the external environment. Experiencing the boundaries and evolution between phenomena, appearances, and illusions become crucial.


A pleated metallic shaded cloth covered window
A blue reflective glass window
A window with metal panels inside
A yellow reflective glass window
side view mirror's reflection
newspapers and a chair
side view mirror's reflectio
A window with plants in it
Yourself in the corner mirror in the subway station, with a security camera above
City street scene reflected in car headlights
Street photography of an old woman passing by a installation that dials the spike
A worker walking down the street
a train passed by
Cab at a street entrance at night, billboards glowing green