Chen Zhe approaches artistic practice as a search for integration amid separation. By pressing against thresholds where body and consciousness struggle to reconcile, and where language and experience fail to coincide, she seeks to understand how one might inhabit finitude as it is lived.
In Chen’s work, the body serves not only as a vessel of perception, but as the site of transformation. She explores how time, trauma, desire, and belief inscribe themselves upon the body, and how these invisible forces acquire form through it. This perspective is deeply informed by literature, anatomy, and Jungian psychology, drawing upon the symbolic systems of astronomy, divination, alchemy, and ritual practice.
Often unfolding as long-term projects, Chen’s practice spans photography, sculpture, installation, and publication, collectively forming an ongoing journey of discovery and return.
Chen Zhe (b.1989, Beijing) received her BFA in Photography and Imaging from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Her works has been exhibited at Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway (2022); UCCA Dune, Qinhuangdao (2021); Yokohama Triennale, Japan (2020); Plug In ICA, Canada (2020); Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai (2020); Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany (2019); White Rabbit Gallery, Australia (2019); the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Australia (2018); Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Japan (2018); Para Site, Hong Kong (2018); OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen (2018); Guangzhou Photo Triennial, Guangzhou (2017); Anren Biennale, Chengdu (2017); CAFA Art Museum, Beijing (2017); the 11th Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai (2016); Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2016); University of Toronto Art Centre, Canada (2014); Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2013); Fotohof, Austria (2012); Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (2011) and more.
Chen Zhe is the recipient of the Inge Morath Award from the Magnum Foundation (2011), Three Shadows Award (2011), Lianzhou Festival Photographer of the Year Award (2012), Xitek New Talent Award (2015) and the Foam Talent (2018). She is also subject of TV documentary films Chinese Viewfinder (ARTE, France, 2013) and China Through the Lens of Youth (NHK, Japan, 2014). Her publication Bees & The Bearable was awarded the Best Photobook of the Year by Kassel Fotobookfestival in 2016.
In Chen’s work, the body serves not only as a vessel of perception, but as the site of transformation. She explores how time, trauma, desire, and belief inscribe themselves upon the body, and how these invisible forces acquire form through it. This perspective is deeply informed by literature, anatomy, and Jungian psychology, drawing upon the symbolic systems of astronomy, divination, alchemy, and ritual practice.
Often unfolding as long-term projects, Chen’s practice spans photography, sculpture, installation, and publication, collectively forming an ongoing journey of discovery and return.
Chen Zhe (b.1989, Beijing) received her BFA in Photography and Imaging from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Her works has been exhibited at Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway (2022); UCCA Dune, Qinhuangdao (2021); Yokohama Triennale, Japan (2020); Plug In ICA, Canada (2020); Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai (2020); Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany (2019); White Rabbit Gallery, Australia (2019); the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Australia (2018); Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Japan (2018); Para Site, Hong Kong (2018); OCAT Shenzhen, Shenzhen (2018); Guangzhou Photo Triennial, Guangzhou (2017); Anren Biennale, Chengdu (2017); CAFA Art Museum, Beijing (2017); the 11th Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai (2016); Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2016); University of Toronto Art Centre, Canada (2014); Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2013); Fotohof, Austria (2012); Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (2011) and more.
Chen Zhe is the recipient of the Inge Morath Award from the Magnum Foundation (2011), Three Shadows Award (2011), Lianzhou Festival Photographer of the Year Award (2012), Xitek New Talent Award (2015) and the Foam Talent (2018). She is also subject of TV documentary films Chinese Viewfinder (ARTE, France, 2013) and China Through the Lens of Youth (NHK, Japan, 2014). Her publication Bees & The Bearable was awarded the Best Photobook of the Year by Kassel Fotobookfestival in 2016.
陈哲将创作视为一种在分离之中寻求整合的实践。她不断逼近那些身体与意识难以相通、语言与经验无法重合的临界状态，尝试理解人在其中如何与自身的有限性真实地共处。
在她的作品里，身体不仅是感知的媒介，也是转化发生的场所。她关注时间、创伤、欲望与信仰如何塑造身体，以及这些不可见的力量如何借由身体获得形态。这一理解深受文学、解剖学与荣格心理学的影响，并吸收了天文学、占卜术、炼金术与宗教仪轨中的象征结构。
陈哲的工作常以长期项目的形式展开，跨越摄影、雕塑、空间装置与出版物等媒介，共同构成一段发现与回返的旅程。
陈哲，1989年生于北京，毕业于洛杉矶艺术中心设计学院，获摄影与图像学士学位。近年作品展出于利勒哈默尔美术馆（挪威 2022），UCCA沙丘美术馆（秦皇岛 2021），横滨三年展（日本 2020），Plug In ICA（加拿大 2020），明当代美术馆（上海 2020），巴登巴登国立美术馆（德国 2019），白兔美术馆（澳大利亚 2019），第9届亚太当代艺术三年展（澳大利亚 2018），东京都写真美术馆（日本 2018），Para Site艺术空间（香港 2018），OCAT当代艺术中心（深圳 2018），广州影像三年展（广州 2017），安仁双年展（成都 2017），中央美术学院美术馆（北京 2017），第11届上海双年展（上海 2016），民生现代美术馆（上海 2016），多伦多大学艺术中心（加拿大 2014），尤伦斯当代艺术中心（北京 2013），Fotohof艺廊（奥地利 2012），三影堂摄影艺术中心（北京 2011）等。
陈哲曾获赏玛格南基金会颁发的 Inge Morath 奖，三影堂摄影奖，连州摄影节新摄影奖，无忌新锐摄影奖和 FOAM Talent 摄影奖，并受邀参与法国 ARTE 电视台纪录片《镜头下的中国》和日本 NHK 电视台纪录片《青年摄影师眼中的中国》。她的出版物《蜜蜂 & 可承受的》获得卡塞尔摄影书节2016年度摄影书奖。
在她的作品里，身体不仅是感知的媒介，也是转化发生的场所。她关注时间、创伤、欲望与信仰如何塑造身体，以及这些不可见的力量如何借由身体获得形态。这一理解深受文学、解剖学与荣格心理学的影响，并吸收了天文学、占卜术、炼金术与宗教仪轨中的象征结构。
陈哲的工作常以长期项目的形式展开，跨越摄影、雕塑、空间装置与出版物等媒介，共同构成一段发现与回返的旅程。
陈哲，1989年生于北京，毕业于洛杉矶艺术中心设计学院，获摄影与图像学士学位。近年作品展出于利勒哈默尔美术馆（挪威 2022），UCCA沙丘美术馆（秦皇岛 2021），横滨三年展（日本 2020），Plug In ICA（加拿大 2020），明当代美术馆（上海 2020），巴登巴登国立美术馆（德国 2019），白兔美术馆（澳大利亚 2019），第9届亚太当代艺术三年展（澳大利亚 2018），东京都写真美术馆（日本 2018），Para Site艺术空间（香港 2018），OCAT当代艺术中心（深圳 2018），广州影像三年展（广州 2017），安仁双年展（成都 2017），中央美术学院美术馆（北京 2017），第11届上海双年展（上海 2016），民生现代美术馆（上海 2016），多伦多大学艺术中心（加拿大 2014），尤伦斯当代艺术中心（北京 2013），Fotohof艺廊（奥地利 2012），三影堂摄影艺术中心（北京 2011）等。
陈哲曾获赏玛格南基金会颁发的 Inge Morath 奖，三影堂摄影奖，连州摄影节新摄影奖，无忌新锐摄影奖和 FOAM Talent 摄影奖，并受邀参与法国 ARTE 电视台纪录片《镜头下的中国》和日本 NHK 电视台纪录片《青年摄影师眼中的中国》。她的出版物《蜜蜂 & 可承受的》获得卡塞尔摄影书节2016年度摄影书奖。