Z𐌉𐌒𐌉 Chen
The long night:
The long night:
Born in Shenzhen, China
Lives & works in London
Atists Bio
Ziqi Chen (b. 2001, Shenzhen, China) is a London-based artist whose work investigates synthetic memory and liminal space, drawing on dream archives to investigate the unstable thresholds of perception and landscape. They studied at the Royal Drawing School (2019–2020) before earning both a BA and MA in Fine Art: Painting from the University of the Arts London (2020–2024).Chen has exhibited in the UK with recent shows including Betwixt at General Assembly London (2025) and Vermilion Sands at The Residence Gallery (2025). Their work has also been presented in exhibitions at Dulwich Picture Gallery, South London Gallery, and Ogilvy, among others.
Education
2020 - 2024 University of the Arts London (MA and BA in Fine Art: Painting)
2019 - 2020 Royal Drawing School (The Foundation Year)
Exhibitions & Festivals
2025Vermilion Sands, The Residence Gallery
Betwixt, General Assembly London
2024
Research Festival, South London Gallery
The Seahorse versus the Axe, Liliya Art Gallery
Wind, Sand and Stars, Feelium Gallery
Where We’re Calling From, Copeland Gallery
Studio 18 Project, Millbank Tower
2023
Freckle Collective, Pickle Factory
Shape and Things, AMP Studio
A Sense of Place, Ogilvy
Verge, AMP Gallery
Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts
First Strike, PSK Gallery
A Slash of Blue, Gerald Moore Gallery
Altar Alter, Southwark Park Galleries
2022
Painting, Community, History, Brixton Tate Library
Floating Bodies, Safe House 1&2
Shadow, Fronteer Independent Art Fair CASC Gallery
Metamorphosis, A.P.T Gallery
Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty Late, Dulwich Picture Gallery
2021
Dreamscape, Tebbs Contemporary Art Gallery
One Year On, 32-34 New Cavendish St London
2020
End of Year Show, Royal Drawing School
Press
Liliya Art Gallery’s October exhibition, The Seahorse versus the Axe 2024
‘Human’ Nature 2023
Timed Auction with The Auction Collective curated by Sofia Ilie.