Born in Beijing and now based in Chicago, I work across sculpture and oil painting to explore architecture as a lived experience rather than a static object. My practice is rooted in phenomenology and shaped by the belief that form, material, and space are inseparable from bodily perception.

Sculpture first taught me to understand architecture as structure, weight, and presence. More recently, prolonged plein-air painting has transformed the city into both my subject and my studio. Spending dozens—sometimes hundreds—of hours on site allows a place to unfold gradually through the body, until the painting acquires its own emotional presence rather than merely depicting a location.

Mythology remains an enduring source of inspiration. The Spaceship Series imagines architecture as a vessel for memory, heroism, and spiritual aspiration, drawing on classical forms to create autonomous worlds that exist between monument, sanctuary, and stage.

Across both media, I seek the moment when form ceases to represent reality and instead becomes a presence in its own right.