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Cong Chen

(She/Her)

 

陈聪（2001年生于中国江苏苏州）主要从事绘画创作。他的作品探讨了当代社会中的个体如何不断受到消费文化、视觉信息和集体关系的影响。

该作品探讨了欲望、身份认同和消费符号，以及羊群效应、集体行为和个人意识在社会环境中的传播。近期作品转向个体与社会之间的相互依存关系，运用心理领域的概念将自然体验与记忆、信息和内在意识联系起来。

陈观察到人们在共存与自我之间不断寻求平衡：个体如何被关系和社会结构塑造，以及个人情感、记忆和存在感如何在相互关联的环境中得以保留。身份认同并非一种固定状态，而是一个不断形成和调整的过程，它受到欲望、集体意识、社会关系和归属感需求的影响。

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School of Fine Art / MLitt Contemporary Art Practice / Cong Chen / A Place Within

A Place Within

丛晨，
中国人，2001年出生

《内部空间》
2026年
布面油画
76.2×101.6厘米

作品以徒步旅行中遇到的风景为灵感，将自然转化为一种心理场域。认同感、欲望、归属感和社会期望等问题与记忆和内心冲突交织在一起，回顾了人们在社会中寻找自我定位的努力。

An abstract oil painting depicting a surreal landscape, featuring mountains, a winding river, swirling forms and fragmented organic shapes.
A Place Within

A Place Within, 2026 Oil on canvas, 76.2 × 101.6 cm

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School of Fine Art / MLitt Contemporary Art Practice / Cong Chen / Diffusion

Diffusion

陈聪

中国人，2001年出生

扩散

2026

布面丙烯和石油

60×40厘米

近年来的研究探讨了个人如何进入并适应社会结构。随着欲望和集体影响在人与人之间的流动，自我与群体之间的界限变得模糊；归属感带来联结，但也不断积累着身份认同。

Abstract figurative painting titled Diffusion (2026) by Cong Chen. Two elongated human figures stand closely together at the center, their bodies partially merging into a surrounding field of flowing, distorted forms. Layers of yellow, orange, blue, green, pink and black blend across the canvas, making the boundaries between the figures and their environment increasingly unclear. The expressive composition explores connection, collective influence and the shifting relationship between individual and group identity.
Diffusion

2026 Acrylic and oil on canvas 60 × 40 cm

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School of Fine Art / MLitt Contemporary Art Practice / Cong Chen / Surge

Surge

 

陈聪

中国人，2001年出生

涌

2026

布面油画

30 × 40 厘米

欲望在群体中循环，从一个人传递到另一个人，直到个人的选择开始趋于一致。随着共同期望的积累，个人差异逐渐被社会同质化过程所吸收。

Oil painting titled *Surge* (2026) by Cong Chen. A dense group of elongated human figures stands together against a dark, atmospheric background. Their faces and bodies are rendered in flowing strokes of yellow, blue, green, red and white, with individual forms gradually blending into the crowd. The composition suggests desire circulating through a group, creating shared expectations and a gradual loss of individual difference within collective identity.
Surge

2026 Oil on canvas 30 × 40 cm

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School of Fine Art / MLitt Contemporary Art Practice / Cong Chen / Manufactured Identities

Manufactured Identities

陈聪

中国人，2001年出生

人为制造的身份

2026

布面油画

60 × 80 厘米

这项作品源于对咖啡馆顾客的观察，探讨了身份认同作为一种不断变化的社会建构。欲望、地位和归属感促使人们调整和重塑自我，以便融入社会群体、在群体中游刃有余并获得认可。

Oil painting titled *Manufactured Identities* (2026) by Cong Chen. Several distorted human faces and bodies overlap and merge into a single crowded figure, painted in vivid purple, yellow, green, orange and blue. The fragmented profiles face different directions, suggesting multiple identities occupying the same social space. A small cup rests on a table at the bottom, referencing the café setting that inspired the work and its exploration of identity, belonging and social conformity.
Manufactured Identities

2026 Oil on canvas 60 × 80 cm

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School of Fine Art / MLitt Contemporary Art Practice / Cong Chen / The Roles We Become

The Roles We Become

丛晨，
中国人，2001年出生

我们成为的角色
2026
五联布面油画
每幅50×70厘米

该系列作品以普罗米修斯、坦塔罗斯、阿尔戈斯、西西弗斯和美惠三女神为灵感，将神话人物重新塑造为五种社会原型：给予者、索取者、观察者、反抗者和合作者。他们共同构成了一个由牺牲、欲望、监视、斗争和相互依赖所塑造的社会体系，反映了人们如何调整自身以参与社会并适应社会。

Five-panel oil painting installation titled The Roles We Become by Cong Chen, featuring abstract, brightly colored human and mythological figures against dark blue and black backgrounds, arranged in an overlapping cross-like composition.
The Roles We Become

2026 Five-panel oil painting on canvas Each panel 50 × 70 cm

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School of Fine Art / MLitt Contemporary Art Practice / Cong Chen / Shell

Shell

陈聪

中国人，2001年出生

壳

2025

油画颜料和气泡膜

20×30厘米

光明寺却又空洞脆弱，气泡膜成为虚假繁荣和人为塑造身份表象的隐喻。当廓形的纹理覆盖在每个人身上时，消费文化便成为一种社会力量，使个体的外向渴望共同呼吁。

 

Mixed-media painting titled *Shell* (2025) by Cong Chen. Four stylized human figures stand closely together against a brightly colored geometric background. Their clothing is covered with raised pieces of bubble wrap painted in vivid yellow, purple, green, red and blue, creating a textured, repetitive surface. The similar forms and patterns suggest conformity, manufactured identity and the tension between individual appearance and collective social influence.
Shell

2025 Oil paint and bubble wrap 20 × 30 cm

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School of Fine Art / MLitt Contemporary Art Practice / Cong Chen / Vision

Vision

陈聪

中国人，2001年出生

想象

2026

布面丙烯和油画

30 × 30 厘米

欲望将原本分离的个体凝聚成一个共同的群体，使意图和身份得以融合。人与人之间的联系既表现为相互依赖，又表现为逐渐融合，这使得个体与集体之间的界限日益模糊。

Abstract figurative painting titled Vision (2026) by Cong Chen. A group of elongated, loosely defined human figures appears to move together through a richly textured environment of deep blue, green, yellow, orange and red. Their bodies and faces overlap and blend into one another, while glowing circular forms hover in the background. The fluid brushwork and merging figures suggest desire, shared movement, human connection and the gradual blurring of individual identity within a collective.
Vision

2026 Acrylic and oil on canvas 30 × 30 cm

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School of Fine Art / MLitt Contemporary Art Practice / Cong Chen / Visual Hunger

Visual Hunger

陈聪

中国人，2001年出生

视觉饥渴

2025

布面油画

20 × 30 厘米

眼睛不断吸收周围的图像、商品和集体价值观，直到观看本身变成一种被所见之物吞噬的过程。欲望反复被唤醒，却永远无法完全满足，使注意力陷入吸引、匮乏和再次追求的循环之中。

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Oil painting titled *Visual Hunger* (2025) by Cong Chen. A large blue eye sits inside a transparent circular form filled with brightly colored packages and consumer objects, suspended above thin, root-like strands. The surrounding dark urban space is punctuated by glowing rectangular shapes in yellow, orange and blue. The composition explores visual consumption, desire and the continuous cycle of attraction and renewed attention.
Visual Hunger

2025 Oil on canvas 20 × 30 cm

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