I am a Chinese photographer working between Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Linyi.
Most of my work comes from long-term observation of everyday life in Chinese cities. Over the past twenty years, I have watched these cities change rapidly through construction, migration, transportation, and redevelopment. I became interested in how people slowly adjust themselves to these environments, both physically and emotionally.
I often photograph women because, for me, they reflect the atmosphere and temperament of a city most directly. Small gestures, movement, posture, distance, and the way people occupy space can quietly reveal the character of urban life.
In recent years, I have gradually reduced narrative and identity inside the image, focusing more on the body itself — especially weight-bearing parts such as legs, feet, and hands.
Alongside photography, I also experiment with video, drawing, and digital intervention to respond to memory, observation, and everyday experience.
Selected Exhibitions & Projects
Old Home by the Moat,
photographic project on the demolition of my family home
TALKING& Café, Linyi, China, 2026
Stagnation is Another Kind of Motion
photography group exhibition
Banshan Gallery, Chengdu, China, 2022
10 Cities, 10 Photos
public billboard project during COVID-19
Tencent Binhai Mansion, Shenzhen, China, 2020
Moon in the Water
site-specific installation
Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Yangzhou, China, 2019
To Demolish or Not: Baishizhou
pop-up photographic intervention on demolition fences
Baishizhou Village, Shenzhen, China, 2016
Grand Design: Hand Made
public installation (bicycle restoration project)
Xintiandi, Shanghai, China, 2014
The Unreasonable
public installation (reusing a skateboard)
Shanghai Design Week, Shanghai, China, 2014
Nowhere to Live
site-specific installation involving suspended human figures
M50 demolition site, Shanghai, China, 2009
Initiatives
Hangzhou × Bali Artist Sister Village Project
Co-initiator, initiated and led by curator Zhao Yongkang
Hangzhou and Bali, 2025–Present
Ru Ware touring exhibition Across Japan, Taiwan, and mainland China,
Co-initiator, led by curator Shandy Ho
Nara, Tokyo, Taipei, Shanghai and Yangzhou, 2017–2019
