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 and soft electronics 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.

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

——- Toria Ya Tuo

Honors & Awards

  • Oct 2025 – 1st Prize, “Lorenzo il Magnifico” International Award for Textile&Fibre Art, Florence Biennale XV, awarded by Florence Biennale International Jury.

  • Sep 2025 – Bronze Award (Professional Level), Threads Whisper Jewellery Collection, Asian Vanguard Art and Design Award, Asia Design Week. 

  • Nov 2024 – Bronze Award (Professional Level), Project HUG ME, International Designer Club Awards.

  • Nov 2024 – Bronze Award (Professional Level), Project HUG ME, International Designer Club Awards.

  • Jul 2024 – Selected Artist, 100 Emerging Artists: Women’s Edition 2024, Arts to Hearts Project.

  • Apr 2024 – Distinguished Artwork, 64th Artavita Online Art Contest (Important World Artists), Artavita Online Gallery, California.

  • Oct 2022 – Mentioned, ART MAP, Association Internationale des Designers et des Artistes (for Abstraction Of Nature No.4).

  • Dec 2022 – Mentioned, Textiles Design and Methods, China Textile & Apparel Press (Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Design Series).

  • Aug 2021 – Featured Artist, Harper’s Bazaar UK (Global Young Talent Feature, October Issue).

  • 2021 –  Project HUG ME published, Fashion Crossover London official website.

  • 2017 — The Excellent Prize in the Zhili Children’s Wear Design Competition, awarded by the China National Garment Association.

  • Sep 2016 — 3rd Prize in the Shenzhen Entrepreneurship Competition, awarded by the Shenzhen Fashion and Innovative Industries Development Association.

Exhibitions

  • Jan–Mar 2026 – IV Shanghai Art&Design Exhibition, China Art Museum, Shanghai.

  • Jan–Feb 2026 – Florence Biennale XV Winners’ Exhibition, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence, Italy.

  •  Jan–Feb 2026 – Realm Collective Forum Exhibition, EKA-Tianwu, Shanghai.

  • Oct 2025 – Florence Biennale XV, Florence, Italy.

  • Sep 2025 – Group Exhibition, European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain.

  • Sep 2025 – London Design Festival (TORIA LONDON), JW Marriott Hotel, London, UK.

  • Apr–May 2023 – Splendid China Textiles Exhibition, Hainan Library, China.

  • May 2022 – London Craft Week, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf

  • Nov 2021 – Group Exhibition, Galerie Beauté du Matin Calme, Paris

  • Aug–Sep 2021 – Group Exhibition, Arthill Gallery, London

  • Aug 2021 – Group exhibition, Koppel Project Hive, London

  • Jul 2021 – RCA Textiles Graduate Exhibition, Kensington Gore, London

  • Jan 2021 – Work In Progress RCA online show

  • May 2018 – Graduate Fashion Show, Tianjin, China

  • May 2017 – Zhili Children’s Wear Design Fashion Show, Zhejiang, China

  • Nov 2016 – Shenzhen Entrepreneurship Competition Awards Fashion Show, Shenzhen, China