Ziqi Chen (b. 2001) is a London-based artist whose practice is informed by cosmology and existential curiosities reflected in dream experiences. Her work explores liminal space and figurative dreamscapes, crafted from years of dream journaling. Her paintings depict nocturnal, apocalyptic alternate realities, hauntingly embody the temporal nature of nighttime with its shifts between the mundane and the extraordinary.
By incorporating technological tools, such as AI programs, to generate reference pictures from dream content, her work invites critical engagement with the evolving relationship between art, technology, and culture in the digital age.