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Selected Works, 2025–2026

Introduction

This selection brings together works developed throughout my time at The Glasgow School of Art, outside of my degree show project Slow Tide. Moving across painting, printmaking, digital image-making and mixed media, these works trace the experiments, recurring images and material processes that gradually shaped my practice.

Across them, faces blur, images fragment, surfaces accumulate and familiar forms become unstable. Many of these works became spaces for testing ideas around grayscale, image degradation, provisionality and soft resistance, allowing meaning to remain open rather than settle into a fixed reading.

Together, they form an evolving record of the questions, materials and visual language that developed during my time at GSA.

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Ritual in Submersion, 2026. A screenprint on paper featuring layered imagery, fragmented forms and areas of visual obscurity.
Ritual in Submersion

Ritual in Submersion / 淹没中的仪式, 2026. Screenprint on paper, image size 44 × 58.41 cm.

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Ritual in Submersion, 2026. A screenprint on textured paper featuring layered imagery, fragmented forms and irregular surface textures.
Ritual in Submersion

Ritual in Submersion / 淹没中的仪式, 2026. Screenprint on textured paper, image size 44 × 58.41 cm.

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Ritual in Submersion, 2026. A screenprint on textured canvas featuring layered imagery, fragmented forms and visible surface texture.
Ritual in Submersion

Ritual in Submersion / 淹没中的仪式, 2026. Screenprint on textured canvas, image size 44 × 58.41 cm.

Through Here. An oil and photo transfer work on wood panel featuring layered photographic imagery, painted forms and partially obscured surfaces.
Through Here

Through Here / 经由此处. Oil on wood panel and photo transfer, 43 × 69.9 cm.

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Detail view of Through Here, showing layered oil paint, transferred photographic imagery and textured surfaces on wood panel.
Through Here – Detail

Through Here / 经由此处. Detail view. Oil on wood panel and photo transfer, 43 × 69.9 cm.

Detail view of Through Here, showing layered oil paint, transferred photographic imagery and textured surfaces on wood panel.
Through Here – Detail

Through Here / 经由此处. Detail view. Oil on wood panel and photo transfer, 43 × 69.9 cm.

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Interior Weather / 内里有风, 2025. Mixed media on canvas, 139 × 49 cm.

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Interior Weather – Detail

Interior Weather / 内里有风, 2025. Detail view. Mixed media on canvas, 139 × 49 cm.

Interior Weather – Detail

Interior Weather / 内里有风, 2025. Detail view. Mixed media on canvas, 139 × 49 cm.

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Seduction Error, 2025. Print on contact film and acrylic boards, 50 × 60 cm.

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Seduction Error, 2025. Detail view. Print on contact film and acrylic boards, 50 × 60 cm.

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Seduction Error, 2025. Digital

Threshold of Appearance

Threshold of Appearance, 2025. Print on contact film and acrylic boards, 58.5 × 45 cm.

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Threshold of Appearance – Detail

Threshold of Appearance, 2025. Detail view. Print on contact film and acrylic boards, 58.5 × 45 cm.

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Threshold of Appearance, 2025. Digital

Corroded, 2026. An oil painting on canvas featuring layered, eroded-looking forms and textured painted surfaces.
Corroded

Corroded / 蚀, 2026. Oil on canvas, 55 × 73 cm.

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Detail view of Corroded, 2026, showing layered oil paint, eroded forms and variations in surface texture.
Corroded – Detail

Corroded / 蚀, 2026. Detail view. Oil on canvas, 55 × 73 cm.

Detail view of Corroded, 2026, showing layered oil paint, eroded forms and variations in surface texture.
Corroded – Detail

Corroded / 蚀, 2026. Detail view. Oil on canvas, 55 × 73 cm.

Honest Damage, 2026. A layered work combining screenprint and glass wax on translucent organza with acrylic board.
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Honest Damage / 诚实的损伤, 2026. Screenprint and glass wax on organza and acrylic board, 68.5 × 49.8 cm.

For Sale: £380

Detail view of Honest Damage, 2026, showing translucent organza, screenprinted imagery, glass wax and layered material textures.
Honest Damage – Detail

Honest Damage / 诚实的损伤, 2026. Detail view. Screenprint and glass wax on organza and acrylic board, 68.5 × 49.8 cm.

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Honest Damage / 诚实的损伤, 2026. Detail view. Screenprint and glass wax on organza and acrylic board, 68.5 × 49.8 cm.

Below Threshold, 2026. A layered work on wood panel combining screenprint, photo transfer and acrylic paint, with fragmented and partially obscured imagery.
Below Threshold

Below Threshold / 阈值以下, 2026. Screenprint, photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel, 69.9 × 43.01 cm.

For Sale: £450

Detail view of Below Threshold, 2026, showing layered screenprint, photographic transfer and acrylic-painted textures on wood panel.
Below Threshold – Detail

Below Threshold / 阈值以下, 2026. Detail view. Screenprint, photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel, 69.9 × 43.01 cm.

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Below Threshold / 阈值以下, 2026. Detail view. Screenprint, photo transfer and acrylic on wood panel, 69.9 × 43.01 cm.

Split Evidence

Split Evidence / 裂证, 2025. Oil and mixed media on linen, 18 × 24 in.

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Split Evidence – Detail

Split Evidence / 裂证, 2025. Detail view. Oil and mixed media on linen, 18 × 24 in.

Split Evidence – Detail

Split Evidence / 裂证, 2025. Detail view. Oil and mixed media on linen, 18 × 24 in.

Signal Elegy, 2026. An oil and hot glue work on canvas featuring layered painted imagery and raised material traces.
Signal Elegy

Signal Elegy / 信号挽歌, 2026. Oil and hot glue on canvas, 30 × 30 cm.

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Signal Elegy – Detail

Signal Elegy / 信号挽歌, 2026. Detail view. Oil and hot glue on canvas, 30 × 30 cm.

Signal Elegy – Detail

Signal Elegy / 信号挽歌, 2026. Detail view. Oil and hot glue on canvas, 30 × 30 cm.

Retreatung Surface, 2026. A mixed-media work combining clear soap, UV resin, organza, gum foam and airbrushed surfaces.
Retreatung Surface

Retreatung Surface / 潮息, 2026. Clear soap, UV resin, organza, gum foam and airbrush mixed medium, 60 × 45.5 cm.

Detail view of Retreatung Surface, 2026, showing translucent soap, UV resin, organza, foam and airbrushed material textures.
Retreatung Surface – Detail

Retreatung Surface / 潮息, 2026. Detail view. Clear soap, UV resin, organza, gum foam and airbrush mixed medium, 60 × 45.5 cm.

Detail view of Retreatung Surface, 2026, showing translucent soap, UV resin, organza, foam and airbrushed material textures.
Retreatung Surface – Detail

Retreatung Surface / 潮息, 2026. Detail view. Clear soap, UV resin, organza, gum foam and airbrush mixed medium, 60 × 45.5 cm.

Last Gesture

Last Gesture / 末势, 2026. Mixed media on canvas, 30.5 × 40.5 cm.

For Sale: Price on request

Becoming, Briefly

Becoming, Briefly / 一度成为, 2025. Oil on canvas, 12 × 16 in.

For Sale: £220

Becoming, Briefly – Detail

Becoming, Briefly / 一度成为, 2025. Detail view. Oil on canvas, 12 × 16 in.

How to Exit a Face?

How to Exit a Face?, 2025. Oil on canvas.

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How to Exit a Face?

How to Exit a Face?, 2025. Detail view. Oil on canvas.

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How to Exit a Face?, 2025. Detail view. Oil on canvas.

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Purge / 飞光喷焰，荡秽除腥, 2025. Acrylic and spray paint on canvas.

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Purge / 飞光喷焰，荡秽除腥, 2025. Detail view. Acrylic and spray paint on canvas.

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Purge / 飞光喷焰，荡秽除腥, 2025. Detail view. Acrylic and spray paint on canvas.

The Living and the Buffering, 2026. A mixed-media work combining reactive dye on velvet, acrylic and gold pigment, with layered and shifting imagery.
The Living and the Buffering

The Living and the Buffering / 在世者与缓冲中的存在, 2026. Reactive dye on velvet, acrylic and gold pigment, 62 × 62 cm.

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Detail view of The Living and the Buffering, 2026, showing reactive dye imagery, acrylic-painted surfaces and areas of gold pigment on velvet.
The Living and the Buffering – Detail

The Living and the Buffering / 在世者与缓冲中的存在, 2026. Detail view. Reactive dye on velvet, acrylic and gold pigment, 62 × 62 cm.

Detail view of The Living and the Buffering, 2026, showing reactive dye imagery, acrylic-painted surfaces and areas of gold pigment on velvet.
The Living and the Buffering – Detail

The Living and the Buffering / 在世者与缓冲中的存在, 2026. Detail view. Reactive dye on velvet, acrylic and gold pigment, 62 × 62 cm.

Self-crossing

Self-crossing / 自渡. Acrylic on wood panel, hot glue and gold foil, 52.3 × 72 cm.

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Self-crossing – Detail

Self-crossing / 自渡. Detail view. Acrylic on wood panel, hot glue and gold foil, 52.3 × 72 cm.

Self-crossing – Detail

Self-crossing / 自渡. Detail view. Acrylic on wood panel, hot glue and gold foil, 52.3 × 72 cm.