Wen Zhe, born in 1990 in Hunan, later moved to Guangdong. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, receiving a Bachelor's degree in 2012 and a Master's degree in 2015. His works primarily use traditional Chinese painting materials such as silk, mineral and plant pigments, and digital images as the main media. Growing up in the rapid development of computer and internet technology in the 1990s, during his studies, he became greatly interested in the rich imagination opened up by the traditional Chinese painting concept of "seeing with the mind's eye." In his creations, he continues to use meticulous painting techniques and representational methods, but avoids being captive to reality. Traditional meticulous painting is transformed into digital and gaming elements, implying a departure from the cultural context and conventions imposed by the medium of painting, becoming a set of rules that control the game in a virtual world, and transforming totem worship into digital faith. Realism and simulacrum, multiview and orthographic, brushwork and modules, traditional and digital intertwine in syntax, reality and game intersect in artistic conception. The ancient vocabulary renders a new perceptual experience, generating a world where the past and present, reality and virtuality coexist, reflecting the living environment of China's young generation in the digital era.
Solo exhibition: “GAME ON”, Enclave Contemporary, Shenzhen, 2022. Project: Wen Zhe × Shui Yuan (Water): +Mana Point, “The 5th Inter-Youth International Youth Painting Exhibition”, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, 2023. Group exhibitions include: “The Days Before The Silent Spring”, Enclave Contemporary, Shenzhen, 2023; “Light of a Nation”, Zhejiang University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Hangzhou, 2019; “5th Guan Shanyue Art Museum Youth Gongbi Exhibition”, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, 2018; “New Generation, New Ink”, Libreria Borges Institute for Contemporary Art, Guangzhou, 2017; “Sang Shing”, Bonacon Gallery, Guangzhou, 2016; “Charity Exhibition of WuXing Association of Guangzhou Non-profit Art Initiatives”, Times Art Center, Guangzhou, 2016; “10th Annual Nomination Exhibition for Students of Contemporary Art Academies”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2015. Institution collection include: Libreria Borges Institute for Contemporary Art; Frank F. Yang Art and Education Foundation; Guan Shanyue Art Museum; Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts; Shaanxi History Museum.
Solo exhibition: “GAME ON”, Enclave Contemporary, Shenzhen, 2022. Project: Wen Zhe × Shui Yuan (Water): +Mana Point, “The 5th Inter-Youth International Youth Painting Exhibition”, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai, 2023. Group exhibitions include: “The Days Before The Silent Spring”, Enclave Contemporary, Shenzhen, 2023; “Light of a Nation”, Zhejiang University Museum of Art and Archaeology, Hangzhou, 2019; “5th Guan Shanyue Art Museum Youth Gongbi Exhibition”, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, 2018; “New Generation, New Ink”, Libreria Borges Institute for Contemporary Art, Guangzhou, 2017; “Sang Shing”, Bonacon Gallery, Guangzhou, 2016; “Charity Exhibition of WuXing Association of Guangzhou Non-profit Art Initiatives”, Times Art Center, Guangzhou, 2016; “10th Annual Nomination Exhibition for Students of Contemporary Art Academies”, Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2015. Institution collection include: Libreria Borges Institute for Contemporary Art; Frank F. Yang Art and Education Foundation; Guan Shanyue Art Museum; Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts; Shaanxi History Museum.
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