Contemporary artists in Beijing

Chen Ke was born in Sichuan in 1978 and lives and works in Beijing. Her paintings move between personal memory, historical fragments, dreams and invented scenes. Portraits and interiors often use intimate scale or emotionally charged color to explore time, identity and the experience of growing older. Because no independent studio site is used here, the entry relies on a gallery profile and an institutional exhibition source and labels them clearly as artist archives. This profile prioritizes verifiable project context and direct source links so readers can continue into the artist's work, exhibitions and published record. It is an editorial introduction, not a ranking or a substitute for the cited source material.

Jia Aili was born in Dandong, China, in 1979. His painting combines abstraction, portraiture and fantastic imagery to consider technological, environmental and social transformation. Large canvases often place solitary figures, machines or damaged landscapes within spaces that feel both historical and speculative. The entry uses gallery and collection profiles as independent public sources, preserving access to biography and work context without presenting either page as the artist's own website. This profile prioritizes verifiable project context and direct source links so readers can continue into the artist's work, exhibitions and published record. It is an editorial introduction, not a ranking or a substitute for the cited source material.

Hao Liang was born in Chengdu and lives and works in Beijing. He makes ink-and-color paintings on silk while studying the formats and techniques of classical Chinese painting. Film, literature, philosophy and contemporary visual experience enter works that unfold through detailed surfaces, shifting viewpoints and narrative ambiguity. A gallery biography and museum collection record together provide a useful public foundation for researching the artist while keeping the source relationship explicit. This profile prioritizes verifiable project context and direct source links so readers can continue into the artist's work, exhibitions and published record. It is an editorial introduction, not a ranking or a substitute for the cited source material.

Wang Tuo was born in Changchun in 1984 and lives and works in Beijing. His practice includes film, painting and drawing. Research into Chinese modern history, cultural archives, fiction and mythology is reorganized through scripts and moving images that test how historical narratives are constructed. Two gallery archives provide complementary public documentation; the page treats them as representation sources and does not describe either as an official artist website. This profile prioritizes verifiable project context and direct source links so readers can continue into the artist's work, exhibitions and published record. It is an editorial introduction, not a ranking or a substitute for the cited source material.

Zhang Zipiao was born in Beijing in 1993. She studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art and graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015. Her paintings enlarge bodies, organs, flowers and natural forms until their boundaries become unstable, linking physical sensation with questions of desire and body politics. The entry uses a gallery archive and a professional profile to establish biography and practice while clearly distinguishing those sources from a first-party studio site. This profile prioritizes verifiable project context and direct source links so readers can continue into the artist's work, exhibitions and published record. It is an editorial introduction, not a ranking or a substitute for the cited source material.

Sun Xun was born in Fuxin, China, in 1980. He graduated from the Printmaking Department of the China Academy of Art in 2005 and founded pi Animation Studio in 2006. Animation, prints, drawings and manuscript-like images are assembled into shifting accounts of history, authority, memory and political myth. The entry combines two established gallery archives, giving readers access to biography, works and exhibitions while accurately labeling the nature of each source. This profile prioritizes verifiable project context and direct source links so readers can continue into the artist's work, exhibitions and published record. It is an editorial introduction, not a ranking or a substitute for the cited source material.

Ma Qiusha was born in Beijing in 1982. She studied digital media at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and completed an MFA at Alfred University in 2008. Her work spans video, photography, painting and installation, often connecting autobiography, intergenerational memory, domestic experience and the pressures of social change. Collection profiles from White Rabbit and KADIST supply independent public documentation without implying that either page is controlled by the artist. This profile prioritizes verifiable project context and direct source links so readers can continue into the artist's work, exhibitions and published record. It is an editorial introduction, not a ranking or a substitute for the cited source material.

Hu Xiaoyuan was born in Heilongjiang in 1977 and lives and works in Beijing. Her practice spans painting, sculpture, installation and video. Delicate materials, including silk and wood, are used to examine perception, bodily experience, time and the unstable boundary between natural matter and constructed form. The profile is supported by Centre Pompidou and Tai Kwun sources, creating a transparent public research path where no independent studio website is used. This profile prioritizes verifiable project context and direct source links so readers can continue into the artist's work, exhibitions and published record. It is an editorial introduction, not a ranking or a substitute for the cited source material.

Chen Tianzhuo builds performances and installations in which bodies, sound and sculptural environments become parts of a shared theatrical world. His archive connects projects including TRANCE, Ocean Cage and ISHVARA rather than presenting each as an isolated spectacle. Born in Beijing in 1985, he studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins before completing postgraduate fine art study at Chelsea. His biography identifies Beijing as his working base. TRANCE was presented at M Woods in 2019; later projects include Ocean Cage at Song Art Museum. Following those projects together offers a way to compare the scale of a live event with the objects and images that remain after it. For readers interested in performance across museum and club contexts, the project archive is more revealing than a single installation photograph.