Born and raised in a small town in southern Minnesota, Kelly Chen grew up helping out at her family’s Chinese takeaway restaurant; a childhood experience that greatly influences her stories and art. She's a character/costume designer, visual development artist, writer, and filmmaker based in Pasadena/LA and a third year student at ArtCenter College of Design majoring in Entertainment Design (animation track). Her work explores themes of longing, nostalgia, and rebellion. She is currently leading a team to direct her own short film at ArtCenter called 'StarChild' set to release in 2024. In her free time, she's writing stories, thrifting, and trying to revive her dying plants.
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