From the Artist
My personal style reflects the distinct backgrounds shaping my pursuit. My principal rule is to maintain the millennia-long Chinese civilization in art. The blending of elements in different ways has helped me to explore different avenues at different times.
My work clearly mirrors my life as a Chinese living almost the entire life away from the homeland, finding no roots, drifting across the wide ocean, wandering in foreign lands, and feeling like flowing water in a continual moment. I had a bilingual education, and this has made me feel that I lack full acquaintance with the essence of the Chinese culture or the Western culture.
I have chosen the use of geometric elements to dissect shapes, to introduce hidden structural grids, and to effect rhythmical movements. The presence of such geometrical elements helps to emphasize contemporaneity in ink painting, with brushwork and themes, which clearly reflect the tradition.
—Adapted and excerpted from https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/explorations-in-ink-artists-in-conversation, accessed 7-29-2021
