EDUCATION

Oct. 2021 – Present
Loughborough University, United Kingdom
PhD in Design and Creative Arts

Oct. 2019 – Jul. 2021
Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School, Florence, Italy
Jewellery Making and Hand Engraving

Sep. 2016 – Sep. 2017
Birmingham City University, United Kingdom
MA in Jewellery, Silversmithing and Related Products

Sep. 2012 – Jul. 2016
Anhui Normal University, China
BA in Art and Design

HONOURS & AWARDS

• Winner of Creative Research Gallery (People’s Choice Award), Summer Showcase 2024, Loughborough, UK
• 10th Edition Arte y Joya International Award Finalist (2020 - 2021), Barcelona, Spain ⇢ Link
• Winner of Preziosa Young Design Competition 2019 Award, Florence, Italy ⇢ Link
• Porto Joia Award at Collectiva Meeting International Exhibition 2019, Porto, Portugal ⇢ Link

EXHIBITIONS

2025
• "AGCpunto25", Gabinetto di Lettura, Piazza dell’Insurrenzione, 4 Padua, Italy
• "Harmony in Light" - Beijing International Jewellery Art Exhibition 2025, Central Hall, 1st Floor, Fengke Wanda Plaza, Beijing, China
• "AGCpunto25", Archivio Negroni, Via Filippo Tajani, 3, 20133 Milano, Italy ⇢ Link
• "For the Love of Jewellery" - Transylvania Jewelry Festival, Parter Gallery, Str. Iuliu Maniu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania ⇢ Link
• "Turning Point" - Gdańsk Jewellery Week 2025, AMBERIF International Fair of Amber and Jewellery, Gdańsk, Poland ⇢ Link
• Co-Create Gallery - Pint of Science, Esquires 32 High Street, Loughborough, UK

2024
• "Contemporary Jewellery: Exploring Its Impact on Well-Being" (Solo exhibition), Martin Hall Gallery, Loughborough, UK
• Sock Gallery Open Exhibition 2024, Sock Gallery, Loughborough Town Hall, Loughborough, UK
• Creative Research Gallery, Summer Showcase 2024, James France, Loughborough, UK
• "Is Jewellery Making Research?”, Martin Hall Gallery, Loughborough, UK

2023
• "Pop-up Jewellery", Martin Hall Gallery, Loughborough, UK
• "Extreme Making", Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK

2022
• "Asia Mon Amour", New York Jewelry Week 2022, New York City, US
• "Jewellery for Life", Loughborough Design School, Loughborough, UK
• "Jewellery & Art Pop-up", Yorkshire Artspace Exchange Studios, Sheffield, UK
• "Declaration of Sentiments", Universus Gallery, Athens, Greece
• "Research Through Jewellery", Florence Jewellery Week 2022, Florence, Italy
• "Declaration of Sentiments", The Platina Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden ⇢ Link

2021
• "Declaration of Sentiments", Arthan Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
• "Artistry-RE-Imagined, spotlight on the East", NYC Jewelry Week 2021, New York City, US

2020
• "Newfangled" - An online exhibition presenting contemporary wearable work by emerging artists
• "Declaration of Sentiments", Galerie Pont en Plas, Ghent, Belgium ⇢ Link
• "BOOM BOOM GEM", Schmuck Gallerie Hannah Rembeck, Regensburg, Germany
• "Pop-up Gallery Exhibition: Brave New Field", The Bund Finance Centre, Shanghai, China ⇢ Link
• "Design Shanghai", Xin Tian Di Design Festival, Shanghai, China ⇢ Link
• "Declaration of Sentiments", Munich Jewellery Week 2020, Ligsalzstraße 12, Munich, Germany
• "Voyagers", Mineralogische Staatssammlung München, Museum Reich der Kristalle, Munich, Germany ⇢ Link
• Preziosa Young 2019, Belfi Gallery, Milan, Italy ⇢ Link

2019
• The Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair 2019, Navy Pier, Chicago, US
• Preziosa Young 2019, San Rocco Oratory, Padua, Italy ⇢ Link
• Porto Joia - Feira Internacional de Joalharia, Ourivesaria e Relojoaria, Porto, Portugal
• Collectiva Meeting International Exhibition 2019, Porto, Portugal
• Preziosa Young 2019, Gallery LA Joaillerie par Mazlo, Paris, France ⇢ Link
• Preziosa Young 2019, Cartavetra Gallery, Florence, Italy ⇢ Link
• Preziosa Young 2019, LAO at Artigianato e Palazzo, Florence, Italy
• Preziosa Young 2019, LAO at Oro Arezzo, Arezzo, Italy
• The Palm Beach Art - Jewelry and Antique Fair 2019, Florida, US
• Inhorgenta Munich 2019, Messe München, Munich, Germany

2018
• "From Afar", NYC Jewelry Week 2018, New York City, US
• The Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair 2018, Navy Pier, Chicago, US
• "Polyphonous: Counter Point", Munich Jewellery Week 2018, Munich, Germany ⇢ Link
• TALENTE 2018, Internationalen Handwerksmesse München, Munich, Germany ⇢ Link

2017
• "Informed Chaos", School of Art, Birmingham, UK
• Group Exhibition (Post-Residency) inspired by the “Painlevé Exhibition”, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK

FEATURES

• Catalogue: 10th Edition Arte y Joya Contemporary Jewellery Yearbook. Arte y Joya: Barcelona, 2020 ⇢ Link
• Book: Chinese Contemporary Jewelry Design. Bifei, Cao. Schiffer Publishing Ltd: US, 2020 ⇢ Link
• Catalogue: Collectiva Meeting International Exhibition 2019. Collectiva – Joalharia de Autor: Porto, 2019
• Catalogue: Preziosa Young 2019 Contemporary Jewellery. Le Arti Orafe: Florence, 2019
• Catalogue: TALENTE 2018. Sonderschau der 70. Internationalen Handwerksmesse München: Munich, 2018, P89

PRESS & MEDIA

▸ "Colour is More Than Just a Language of Form in Yajie Hu’s Work" by Zhipeng Wang, Klimt02 ⇢ Link
▸ "胡雅洁《我的情绪》：当代首饰中的情感表达与心理共鸣" by Bifei Cao [in Chinese], Artron.Net ⇢ Link
▸ "What If Our Waste Had to Be Worn Before It Could Be Thrown Away? Yajie Hu in Conversation with Rachael Colley", Klimt02 ⇢ Link
▸ "首饰即艺术—胡雅洁的当代首饰艺术探索" by Chong Shi [in Chinese], Art China ⇢ Link
▸ "Karaköy’de 20 kadından küresel tasarım eylemi" by Evrim Altuğ [in Turkish], Gazete Duvar ⇢ Link
▸ "Technology definitely helps me a lot during the making process", Yajie Hu interviewed by Klimt02 ⇢ Link
▸ "Cos’è un gioiello? Il punto di vista di tre designers contemporanei" [in Italian], interviewed by Elisabetta Guida, il principe azzurro esiste ⇢ Link
▸ "I therefore not only investigate its visual qualities but also explore it as a usable material", Yajie Hu interviewed by Klimt02 ⇢ Link