School of Fine Art
/ MLitt Contemporary Art Practice
/ Chenxiao Zhao
/ The Shore That Never Was I, 2026
The Shore That Never Was I, 2026
The Shore That Never Was, 2026
Watercolour on paper
45 × 80 cm each
Series of four works
The Shore That Never Was explores the space between landscape, memory and imagination. Through houses, trees and their reflections in water, familiar scenes are transformed into quiet, dreamlike places. The reflections create a sense of another reality—somewhere that feels familiar, but may never have existed.
The Shore That Never Was I,2026
Watercolour on paper 45 × 80 cm
The Shore That Never Was II, 2026
Watercolour on paper 45 × 80 cm each
The Shore That Never Was III, 2026
Watercolour on paper 45 × 80 cm
The Shore That Never Was IV, 2026
Watercolour on paper 45 × 80 cm