1. Miao Ying — 苗颖 (b. 1985, Shanghai; New York and Shanghai)
The internet as a medium: interfaces, memes and algorithms as the material of art.
- Working with the network — projects that exist in a browser and on a phone screen.
- “Survival Guide” and other series — a critique of digital daily life and of the censorship of the interface.
- Education — MFA in Electronic Arts, Alfred University (USA).
Sources: Wikipedia · the artist's studio
website
2. Li Ming — 李明 (b. 1986, Hunan; lives in Hangzhou)
Video about the everyday: frames that never show the subject whole.
- Video about the body and daily life — multi-channel works assembled from long observations.
- “Songs of the Artist” (2011) and “Fog” (2012) — works shown in European museums.
- Hangzhou — living and working outside the Beijing and Shanghai scene.
Sources: Rubell Museum · Meer
3. Cao Shu — 曹澍 (b. 1987, Jining (Shandong); Hangzhou)
Three-dimensional graphics in art: images assembled in software.
- 3D and animation — works at the intersection of video, graphics and cinema.
- Education — New Media Department, China Academy of Art.
- Hangzhou as a base — working away from the major art centres.
Sources: ShanghART · White Rabbit Collection
4. Fang Di — 方迪 (b. 1987)
Video about how personalities are formed: narrative collages in three parts.
- “Zayton Nugget” (2022) — a three-part film about the fluidity of identity.
- A dialogue of generations — invited Cao Fei and Lu Yang for a museum project in Berlin.
- Document and fiction — the boundaries between filming and staging are blurred.
Sources: MACA Art Center · Nationalgalerie, Berlin
5. Wang Tuo — 王拓 (b. 1984)
Video about history and its retelling: document, legend and cinema in one frame.
- “Interrogation” (2017) — a film assembled from archival material.
- Dark subjects — a turn to Chinese history through the thriller genre.
- Cinema as an instrument — working on the border of video art and film.
Sources: The World of Chinese · China Independent Film Festival
website
6. Lin Ke — 林科 (b. 1984, Wenzhou; Beijing and Shanghai)
The computer screen as a canvas: interfaces and working windows as painting.
- Screenshots as art — works assembled in graphic editors.
- The OCAT — Pierre Huber Prize (2014) — recognition within the Chinese scene.
- Education — New Media Department, China Academy of Art, 2008.
Sources: BANK, Shanghai · Artsy
7. Ye Funa — 叶甫纳 (b. 1986)
Karaoke and costume: folk culture and the pop format in video.
- Karaoke projects — the format of mass entertainment as a frame for a statement.
- Costume and role — dressing up as a way of speaking about social roles.
- Video and installation — both forms run in parallel.
Sources: Eli Klein Gallery · personal website
website
8. Wang Xin — 王欣 (b. 1983, Yichang (Hubei); Shanghai)
Inside the machine: interfaces, AI and forms of collective consciousness.
- Installations and new media — environments in which the viewer becomes a participant.
- Working with AI (since 2021) — a search for new frames for art alongside algorithms.
- Education — the Zhejiang Academy of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Sources: Wikipedia · The World of Chinese
9. Shen Xin — 沈莘 (b. 1990, Sichuan; Minneapolis)
Video installations about power and care: who speaks and who is listened to.
- Multi-screen video — installations with text, sound and performance.
- The theme of responsibility — the work is built around social relations and their organisation.
- M+ collection — works in the Hong Kong museum collection.
Sources: M+ · personal website
website
10. Peng Ke — 彭可 (b. 1992, Changsha; Los Angeles and Shenzhen)
Urban fragments: photography as a way of looking closely.
- The urban frame — signs, fragments of interiors and everyday scenes in close-up.
- Photographer and artist — a practice between documentary and authored photography.
- Working between cities — Los Angeles and Shenzhen.
Sources: Hauser & Wirth · ChinaFile
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