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.
This project explores the rapid urban transformation in China, catalyzed by the implementation of reform and opening-up policies. These policies have reshaped the nation’s economic, social, and architectural landscapes, resulting in the swift redevelopment of cities like Beijing and eventually extending into smaller, lesser-known areas. Growing up in Jingmen, a five-line city in Hubei, China, before moving to the UK in 2017, I have witnessed firsthand the dramatic shifts in my hometown over the past decade. Each time I return, I find that the city continues to develop, erasing the landscapes and memories I once held dear, leaving me feeling disconnected. Through this project, I will explore critical questions: What have we sacrificed for this rapid development? What cultural memories and personal histories have been erased? While urban prosperity grows, it often comes at the cost of losing ancestral lands and familiar communities—places once regarded as home, now replaced by financial gain and modernization. Using a range of mediums, I will challenge ideologies surrounding ownership, privacy, identity, and the evolving definitions of home in the context of urban transformation and diaspora