Private Ecosystems Series 2021
This is the most recent series I developed during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic when I was in lockdown situation in Shanghai, but only started publishing at the beginning of 2021. It is the exploration of a dystopian future where our share deco system for some reason fails, and it becomes a private commodity. Each individual to survive needs to care about its own "bubble" of green that allows him to survive and continue his life. With these premises I am creating a series of illustrations that show the dynamics of life in this environment, the style of illustration, however, contrary to all dystopian genres, is deliberately friendly, almost to make everything desirable.

Private Ecosystem Society
Limited Edition –Giclee FineArt Print – Fine-liner Pen and Digital Coloring
270g - White Matte Velvet Fine Art Paper
500 mm x 654 mm

Us & Them
Limited Edition –Giclee FineArt Print – Fine-liner Pen and Colour Pencils
270g - White Matte Velvet Fine Art Paper
308 mm x 196 mm
The Map Of Mountains and Seas Series
This series is born in 2018, is inspired by a Classic of Pre-Qin Dynasty culture called the Map of Mountains and Seas (Classic of Mountains and Seas, or Shanhai Jing), a sort of compendium of mythological creatures and places myths of China.
Fascinated by this idea, I decided to create a map myself, drawing about modern cultural myths, the map is populated with creatures born of my imagination to which are created for persona; cultural meaning, there are robots, artificial intelligence and so on. Slowly all the characters that appear on the map they are developed in separate illustrations, where their stories and their connection with some social and cultural issues are deepened.

The Map of Mountains and Seas
Limited Edition –Giclee FineArt Print, Fine-liner Pen and Digital Colouring
270g - White Matte Velvet Fine Art Paper
520 mm x 390 mm

Eden
Limited Edition –GicleeFineArt Print – Fine-liner Pen and Digital Coloring
270g - White Matte Velvet Fine Art Paper
520 mm x 390 mm
Organic & Synthetic Life Series
Another series that I carry on is called "Organic & Synthetic Life", are search on the relationship between nature, humans and artificial life. There are odd machines, chess games, animals and natural landscapes.
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Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto
Limited Edition –Giclee FineArt Print - Fine-liner Pen and Digital Coloring
270g - White Matte Velvet Fine Art Paper
450 mm x 450 mm

M.1.M.0.
or Multiple Input, Multiple Output
Limited Edition –Giclee FineArt Print - Fine-liner Pen and Digital Coloring
270g - White Matte Velvet Fine Art Paper
270 mm x 555 mm

October Equus
a.k.a The Horse Sacrifice
Limited Edition –Giclee FineArt Print - Fine-liner Pen and Digital Coloring
270g - White Matte Velvet Fine Art Paper
270 mm x 555 mm

Roboland
Limited Edition –Giclee FineArt Print - Fine-liner Pen and Digital Coloring
270g - White Matte Velvet Fine Art Paper
320 mm x 470 mm
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What does it mean for you to "be an artist" and dedicate yourself to art?
I consider it as a form of exploration, a way to navigate the world while I extend the recording of thoughts and mental processes from the brain onto other media like papers. In many ways, these explorations give birth to imaginary landscapes and images of different societies, they arise almost from nowhere, sometimes they hold deep meanings and mysterious objects. I like to see art as the physical manifestation of these “mindscapes”, and the artist or art-viewer as a researcher of the unknown, challenging themselves not to hold onto a fixed mind, but always explore a step further or back-up some steps, seeing a little bit more or a little bit less of what is manifested.
Engaging in artistic creation is a natural action for me, just like eating and sleeping. It is a meditative action, a process of self-exploration, and the work of art is the embodiment of a certain moment in this process. Therefore, for me, artistic creation is the behavior of exploring the unknown in the known life, and it is a way to explore the conscious and subconscious in depth. Through this exploration, a certain common state of consciousness of human beings is manifested and reflected, and through this performance, the viewer can also penetrate into their inner world, so as to open the door of human consciousness and awareness and discover the infinite potential of ourselves.
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Where does your creative inspiration come from?
I think my inspiration sources come from observation, which can be the observations of relationships people form between each other, the one they form with nature, animals, what we look for when we create machines, myths, or religious symbols. All these moments of observation I believe are stored somewhere, then one day, triggered by a bigger inspirational moment or event, they all connect and become a tangible thing.
My artistic inspiration is an experience of the moment. I am a relatively sensitive person. My inspiration often comes from the awareness of every moment in life, the experience of the inner state of myself, and the thinking about the state of human existence from the micro to the macro. Maybe this kind of awareness will not be converted into artistic language immediately, but they will leave traces in my consciousness. Then I also like to often walk in nature. Many organic graphics in nature and the state of life will become the trigger point of my inspiration.
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What kind of relationship do you think people and art should establish?
I think that people inspire the artist in their doing, art inspires people in their thinking and acting, in a never-ending circle. Even if on the surface the artist and the viewer seem separated, they never stop influencing each other or need each other. Probably both artists and people need to start to be aware of this connection and link, being open to it and understanding the interdependence between each other.
The outbreak of the epidemic could be caused by many reasons. One of the most important factors could be that some of our behaviors have broken a sort of balance in nature, the balance that nature maintains in its own way. In fact, this imbalance is not only reflected in nature. As a part of nature, we are also in an imbalanced state in modern high-speed and high-pressure life. Our neglect and loss of the inner world is the main reason for this imbalance. Art can help people become aware of more of the inner world, calm the mind that seeks outward, dissolve our inner barriers, and pay more attention to the inner state of consciousness. The moment in which we are touched by works of art, our hearts will become soft and free, so this state is a good start.
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What impact did the experience of crossing between the East and the West have on your art?
It had a strong impact in understanding how even the smallest details can be perceived differently in different cultural models and how these models can impact both in limiting or expanding our view of the world, they can create barriers, separate people into sets of “Us” and “Them”, or make our search for more common points that go beyond the cultural surface. I recently come into thinking that East and West on our spherical planet, don’t exist unless we decide to see everything from a fixed centre. In each artwork, I try to blur the barriers between cultures, trying to identify the core message in them and connect them in different possible ways.
I grew up in Shanghai and went to study art in the Netherlands. The school is located in Utrecht, a small Dutch city. The first day when I came to the city, I heard the church bell which had a deep and far-reaching echo. The houses were small, the sky was blue, and the clouds were floating behind. A feeling of loneliness and tranquility came to my heart. Those years in Europe were also the process of slow down and calm down of my heart. It could be said that I found the lost Eastern artistic conception in a small western city, and here I observed my own body culture from the perspective of a bystander, I explored the differences and commonalities between Eastern and Western culture. This period was also the real beginning of my artistic creation. I discovered the way I wanted to express, and constantly explored and penetrated into my inner world.