born in Ningbo, China
based in New York

holds an M.F.A. in set design from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale

graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in theatre

set design / exhibition design
production photography

silinchen.design@gmail.com
de.silin




upcoming / set design

2025
Nov.



2025
July



Hedda Gabler
directed by Jackson Gay
The Juilliard School, New York


CAT! workshop
created by Gaby FeBland and Sammy Zeisel
directed by Sammy Zeisel
produced by Rattlestick Theater at The Flea, New York


upcoming / associate set design

2025
Sept.




2025
July






Torera
directed by Tatiana Pandiani
set design by Emmie Finckel
WP Theater, New York


Camino Real
directed by Dustin Wills
set design by Kate Noll & Dustin Wills
Williamstown Theatre Festival, MA

Spirit of the People
directed by Katina Medina Mora
set design by Kate Noll
Williamstown Theatre Festival, MA



selected design credits:
set design
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2025





2025




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2024





2023




2020




2019




2018
The Inspector
play by Nikolai Gogol
dir. Yura Kordonsky
Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT

Veremonda
opera by Francesco Cavalli
*Yale Baroque Opera Project
dir. Toni Dorfman
University Theatre, New Haven, CT

The Seagull
play by Anton Chekhov
dir. Sammy Zeisel
Quinnipiac University Theatre Arts Center, Hamden, CT

Grandmother/Bathtub
play by Brian Dang
dir. Sarah Machiko Haber
Yale Cabaret, New Haven, CT

Cactus Queen
*Carlotta Festival 2024
play by Doug Robinson
dir. Bobbin Ramsey
Iseman Theater, New Haven, CT

Uncle Vanya
play by Anton Chekhov
dir. Sammy Zeisel
Iseman Theater, New Haven, CT

Ever in the Glades
play by Laura Schellhardt
dir. Brittni Shambaugh Addison
Tedford Stage, Winston-Salem, NC

How I Learned to Drive
play by Paula Vogel
dir. Brook Davis
Ring Theatre, Winston-Salem, NC

Us/Them
play by Carly Wijs
dir. Whitaker Gannon
Ring Theatre, Winston-Salem, NC




exhibition design
2024



2022
Violent West Lake - Is “Shan Shui” Useful Today?
curated and presented by _ao_ao_ing ensemble
PARC, Hangzhou, China

Building and Dreaming
curated by Francesco Bonami, Wu Tian, Stefano Collicelli Cagol, Sun Man
BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou, China