Ziqi Chen (b. 2001) is a London-based artist exploring synthetic memory and liminal space through painting. Drawing from an archive of dreams, she translates subconscious reinterpretations of reality into nocturnal, spectral scenes where altered landscapes and thresholds unsettle perception. Working in oil, acrylic, drawing, and printmaking, she layers surfaces that conceal and reveal, echoing the instability of memory. Her interest in spatial ambiguity is shaped by Marc Augé’s notion of non-places and formative encounters with hyper-commercial and simulated environments, which inform her vision of place as mutable, layered, and psychologically charged.

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