I am a Chinese visual artist based in London, currently studying MFA Fine Art Media at the Slade School of Fine Art. My background is in Broadcast and Television Directing, which has influenced my interest in the relationship between images, objects, and the ways we construct meaning through them.
My practice is also informed by personal experiences and family memories, particularly my grandmother's habit of keeping and reusing everyday objects. Her ways of caring for things, often extending their lives beyond their original purposes, have shaped my sensitivity to the overlooked possibilities of ordinary materials.
Working across photography, sculpture, and writing, I am interested in how familiar things can become strange through small shifts in context, function, or arrangement. Rather than directly illustrating personal memor

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