TORIA YA TUO

Toria Ya Tuo is a textile artist and art psychotherapist based in London and Inner Mongolia, China. She founded her embroidery jewellery brand TORIA LONDON in 2022. She is a technique researcher as well as a storyteller, her work discusses the relationship between our emotions, body and materials. She explores wearable textiles through embroidery, soft electronics and robotics, utilising these processes to recreate a sense of living movement and touch during her study at the Royal College of Art. 

She applied art and handicrafts as a medium to communicate with people with mental health issues in her current therapeutic work. She will keep her passion for supporting vulnerable people, focusing on their complex psychological needs. 

“Textiles are the closest material to the human body and our life; this influence is both physical and psychological. Well-designed products carry caring and emotional support, especially during tough times. We have to keep asking how we could create this sense of safety or satisfaction through art making, and how we could facilitate the role of textiles aesthetically and practically in our daily lives?

——- Toria Ya Tuo

Honors & Awards

  • 10/2025, embroidery sculpture GROWING won the 1st prize of “Lorenzo il Magnifico” International Award for Textile&Fibre Art in Florence Biennale XV, awarded by Florence Biennale International Jury.

  • 9/2025, Threads Whisper Jewellery Collection won the Bronze Award（Professional Level) in the Asian Vanguard Art and Design Award 2024 in Asia Design Week.

  • 11/ 2024, ART NOUVEAU COLLECTION won the Silver Award（Professional Level) in the International Designer Club Awards 2024, awarded by the International Visual Communication Design Association

  • 11/ 2024, Project HUG ME won the Bronze Award（Professional Level) in the International Designer Club Awards 2024 , awarded by the International Visual Communication Design Association

  • 07/2024 Artwork selected for the book 100 Emerging Artists: Women’s Edition 2024, awarded by ARTS TO HEARTS PROJECT

  • 04/2024 For artwork distinguished in the 64th Artavita Online Art Contest, competing for publication in World Wide Art Book annual art book Important World Artists, awarded by Artavita Online Gallery, California.

  • 10/04/2023 Mentioned by Abstraction Of Nature No.4, ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL DES DESIGNERS ET DES ARTISTS, ART MAP

  • 12/2022 Mentioned by TEXTILES DESIGN AND METHODS, Beijing Institution Of Fashion Technology Design Series, China Textile & Apparel Press

  • 10/2021 Mentioned by The Global Young Talent Feature in October's Issue of Harper's Bazaar UK magazine

  • 2021 graduate project published by the official website of Fashion Crossover London

  • 2017 obtained the Excellent Prize in China Zhili Children’s Wear Design Competition awarded by China National Garment Association

  • Obtained a Scholarship for 2015-2017 Academic Year awarded by Tianjin Polytechnic University

  • September 2016 obtained the Third Prize in the Shenzhen Entrepreneurship Competition awarded by Shenzhen Fashion and Innovative Industries Development Associate

Exhibitions

  • 16/01/2026-25/03/2026 Invited to exhibit embroidery sculpture in Shanghai Art&Desight special exhibition in the China Art Museum, Shanghai.

  • 10/01/2026-26/02/2026 Invited to exhibit the winning artwork in Florence Biennale XV at the Exhibition Hall of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence, Italy

  • 02/01/2026-01/02/2026 Invited to the exhibition in EKA- Tianwu by Realm Collective Forum, Shanghai.

  • 18/10/2025-26/10/2025 participate in Florence Biennale XV, Florence, Italy

  • 9/2025 participate in group exhibition in the European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain

  • 14/09/2024-22/09/2024 invited to London Design Week. JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, UK

  • 14/04/2023-14/05/2023 invited to textiles exhibition SPLENDID CHINA, Hainan Library, China

  • 06/05/2022-11/05/2022 invited to London Craft Week. Bargehouse, OxoTower Wharf, London

  • 24/11/2021-30/11/2021 group exhibition in the Galerie Beauté du Matin Calme, Paris

  • 16/09/2021-19/09/2021 lead participant in group art exhibition in the Arthill Gallery, London

  • 26/08/2021-28/08/2021 participate in group art exhibition in the Koppel Project Hive, London

  • 25/07/2021 participate in the RCA textiles graduate exhibition, Kensington Gore, London

  • 28/01/2021 participate in the Working In Progress RCA online show

  • 30/05/2018 participate in the graduate fashion show, Tianjin, China

  • 28/05/2017 participate in the fashion show of Zhili Children’s Wear Design,Zhejiang, China

  • 10/11/2016 participate in the fashion show of Shenzhen Entrepreneurship Competition Awards, Shenzhen, China