Installations
(b. 1994 in Shanghai, China) completed his MA at the Royal College of Art in London and is a Merit Scholarship recipient at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BA) in 2016
He creates installations, sculptures, and paintings that explore complexities and contradictions within cultures, with a focus on community, memory, and the elusive origins of shared ideas. Fascinated by the power of folktales and oral histories to transmit traditions over generations, he collects and reinterprets these narratives, uncovering both the tales that endure and those that nearly fade from memory. Through ambiguity and open-endedness, he captures the beauty in what is unrefined, tracing how ideas diverge and evolve over time. By embracing the blurred lines and contradictions in communication, He invites a more inclusive and interconnected expression of the human experience.
Some Flowers 300 x 220 x 20 mm | 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 in
Acrylic, monofilament, oil paint on wood
© Steven He All rights reserved, SH 2021
Acrylic, monofilament, oil paint on wood
© Steven He All rights reserved, SH 2021
2020/22 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London
2012/16 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Merit Scholarship Recipient
2015 Oxbow School of Art, Glass Residency
2014 Oxbow School of Art, Photography Residency
| Selected Exhibitions 2024 Lattice structure of space-time, Indigo+Madder, London 2024 Occult surge, Moosey Gallery, London 2024 Stove by a whale, Staffordshire St, London 2023 Volatile futures, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London 2023 Well worn, SET Ealing, London 2022 Lapped seams & silver linings, Standpoint Gallery, London 2022 The 196th annual exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2022 We won’t stop showing, setsetsetsetsetset, London 2022 REVERB, The Royal Scottish Academy, Online Show 2022 Garden of the new deity, Lí Gallery, Shanghai 2021 Naturisms, Hornsey Road Gallery, London 2021 Art for artists, ArtSect Gallery, London 2021 First impressions, Maverick Safehouses 1&2, London 2021 Visionary rumors, Scalecutpurr, Online Show 2020 Cardboard conversations, MERZ Gallery, Sanquhar, Scotland 2020 What if They Don't Have Eyes? SW11NDOWS, SW11, London 2019 Hopscotch, Apartment Show, London, UK |