About

 
 

Artist Statement

My photographs explore my inner thoughts on various societal problems. Some of my work tackles concrete problems; others deal with more philosophical and spiritual ones. Some specific issues I explore in my photos are society’s mistreatment of the mentally disabled and the shallowness of modern society. More broadly, my work pushes viewers to look at things differently than they normally would. I often find myself photographing things that I call “traces,” which are the tiniest hints of familiar objects. A trace can be a shadow of a fence on the ground, a close-cropped image of a tree’s bark, or anything else I come across. My goal is to obscure what most people find to be mundane, and to make it beautiful in its obscurity. I hope that through my photos, I can remind people to look more closely, and to find beauty or joy in things that they wouldn’t normally notice. One of the most important jobs of art is to encourage the world to change its perspective. That’s exactly what I hope to do.

 

Education

Fine Arts

  • Private Art Classes July 2011 - Present

    - Study painting, mixed media, and drawing weekly under Mr. Jin Xiangshui, a professional contemporary Chinese painter.

  • Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese Painting Classes May 2011 - June 2013

  • Miscellaneous painting, drawing and piano classes September 2004-August 2010

  • Art and Technology Minor, UCSB, 2019 - Present

Exhibitions

Past

Identity During a Pandemic | Group Exhibition | Glass Gallery | Santa Barbara, United States, November 15- 24, 2021

Hidden, Impact of COVID-19 | Solo Exhibition | Rong Art Museum | Nanjing, China September 5- September 30, 2021

Psychiatric Hospital | Solo Photography Exhibition | Mini Box | Santa Barbara, United States, January 19- January 26, 2020

Goodbye, my hometown | Solo Photography Exhibition | Rong Art Museum | Nanjing, China September 15- November 16, 2019

There is No Difference | Group Exhibition for May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia | Duoshang Culture and Art Space | Nanjing, China May 15-19 2019

Gathered Sky | Group Exhibition for Nanjing Creative Design Week | The Philanthropism Square of 1912 Block in Xuanwu District | Nanjing, China May 27-June 2 2019

The Old House | Solo Photography Exhibition | Jinling Art Museum Gallery | Nanjing, China January 2019

Between Mountains and Rivers | Solo Painting Exhibition| Nanjing Foreign Language School | Nanjing, China October 2018

Group Exhibition, Curator and Painter | Nanjing Foreign Language School | Nanjing, China May 2017

Collection of Still Life | Group Exhibition | Nanjing Foreign Language School Winter Festival| Nanjing, China December 2017

AWARDS

Receive the title of “Excellent Youth Artist” from Nanjing Creative Design Committee | Nanjing, China May 2019