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Working across film, photography, writing, sound, and painting, Yawen Tan traces the female body as a site of psychic rupture. She explores women's madness, desire, death, and play—where beauty conceals the pull of losing control.
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Photography

2016-2026

Ten years of photography in retrospect.

Painting

Where Are Those Women? 

Eivør

I Hate My Name

​YA !

Writing

Screenplay

        Between Peaks  ( feature film, late development )

        Yuan  ( short film, post-production )

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Novel​

        Once, briefly ( literary memoir, in progress )

        I shall be with you on your wedding night​

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Sound

Hisuyin
00:00 / 05:07
Pemako
00:00 / 04:18
Nocturna
00:00 / 02:46

bio

Yawen Tan is a Chinese filmmaker, writer, and artist based in Paris.

 

A 2020 Stanford graduate, her work traces the female body as a site of psychic rupture—moving through madness, desire, death, and play. She is currently writing her debut feature film and a literary memoir.

 

Her films have received awards and nominations from the New York International Film Awards and Los Angeles Film Awards, and have been presented at the Marché du Film at the Festival de Cannes.

 

In 2020, Yawen was featured by Stanford News as one of its outstanding graduates. In 2023, she received the Asia-Pacific Leaders Initiative Outstanding Delegate Award for her contributions to the arts and humanities.

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