Thank you for visiting my online portfolio. Here, you will find a collection of my work—paintings, video, and installations—all shaped by my personal explorations of identity, displacement, and the transformative power of vulnerability. I invite you to step into these spaces I create, where each piece offers a reflection of our shared emotions.
2021-2022 : University of the Arts London - Camberwell Painting Foundation
2022-2025 : University of the Arts London - Central Saint Martins (BA) Fine Art
2025-2026 : Royal College of Art (MA) Comtemporary Art Practice
Contact: Chrisge279@gmail.com
My creative journey began at age 15 when I started to experience the diaspora and found myself searching for transcendence through art. I was captivated by the sublime, the intersection of spirituality and cultural heritage, and the questions that arise when identity is fluid or in flux. Over time, my work evolved to grapple more directly with themes of home, displacement, and world around us.
31cm * 31cm * 3.2cm
Water-Mixable oil Paint in Resin
31cm * 31cm * 3.2cm
Water-Mixable oil Paint in Resin
31cm * 31cm * 3.2cm
Water-Mixable oil Paint in Resin
31cm * 31cm * 3.2cm
Water-Mixable oil Paint in Resin
During my engagement with the Concrete Monolith and Drops of Water project, I began examining land policy and ownership in my home country, China, combined with elements of diasporic identity and vulnerability, only to discover a host of interwoven elements that collectively define how our lives and realities unfold. This investigation gradually revealed that vulnerability, rather than signifying mere frailty, can serve as a profound force that underpins our day-to-day existence. Indeed, it is this very notion of susceptibility that continuously shapes our identities, memories, and shared experiences.
Subsequently, my reflections have triggered a series of critical questions that transcend the scope of a single project: What can genuinely be deemed indestructible—or, in more philosophical terms, immortal? How do we conceptualize “timelessness” when grappling with the mutable nature of property and ownership? What role does the passage of time play in shifting the materiality and functionality of the objects around us? Furthermore, when the materials we once relied upon morph into something unrecognizable, what remnants—physical or intangible—linger to inform our understanding of self and place?
These inquiries underscore the fragility and transience woven into our social, cultural, and physical environments. By confronting the dissolution of memory triggers from the past, we can begin to grasp the residual forms, ideas, and structures that persist. In exploring these threads, I seek to unravel how the interplay of time, memory, and material transitions shapes both individual perception and collective consciousness, urging us to probe further into the ontological essence of reality itself.