My work attempts to decode the intricate relationship between cosmetic modification, image construction, and external control mechanisms. I explore how identity, regulation, and societal expectations converge and conflict upon the mutable terrain of the human face and body. Are individuals exercising autonomy in their pursuit of physical perfection, or are they subtly coerced by invisible cultural forces? This question grows increasingly ambiguous as aesthetic ideals permeate and reshape self-awareness on both conscious and subconscious levels. Thus, the face and body are no longer neutral vessels of identity but curated, performed, and engineered entities. Within this framework, my art seeks to expose the tensions and contradictions embedded in contemporary beauty paradigms, while interrogating the unseen forces that govern individual bodily experience.

The recurring theme in my works is a pair of twin goldfish, which is an unsettling mixture that embodies innocence and affecence, tradition and fragmentation. These fish represent some people who have undergone plastic surgery. They have been injected with certain substances to mutate them, making themselves more outstanding and special. And will this brief mutation really achieve their inner goals, or is it an ignorant act made under the control of capital or some kind of control? In Chinese culture, goldfish symbolize prosperity, harmony and good fortune. However, when I implanted a second black pupil in them, their symbolic function collapsed, replaced by a silent threat or discomfort. Their gazes turned into reflection rather than decoration. These creatures float, swirl, like ghosts on my canvas, blind and vivid….