GUO TIANTIAN
b. 1988, ChinaGuo Tiantian’s (b. 1988, Hunan, China; lives and works in Wuhan) practice has primarily focused on natural lacquer as a medium, integrating aesthetic judgments of abstract painting with intuitive experiences. She explores the temporality of painting, the materiality of substances, and the poetic resonance of sensory perception. She explores the temporality of painting, the materiality of substances, and the poetic resonance of sensory perception. Her work is grounded in the complex techniques of traditional Chinese lacquer art, which she reinterprets through contemporary experimental approaches. Through meticulous textures, resonant colors, and the textures of sound, she weaves self-reflection with an awareness of nature and history, creating multi-layered perceptual spaces that generate subtle visual connections and emotional metaphors.
Guo Tiantian received her BFA in Mural Painting from the China Academy of Art in 2010 and her MFA in Lacquer Art from the same institution in 2013. She was a visiting scholar in Fine Arts at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Germany, in 2011. Currently, she serves as an Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. Her works have been exhibited at institutions including BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou (2025, 2024); Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (2024); Guardian Art Center, Beijing (2023); Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan (2023); Donghushan Art Museum, Wuhan (2019); Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts (2018, 2016); Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing (2017); National Art Museum of China, Beijing (2014); Art Museum of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou (2013); and Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami (2010).
Courtesy Galerie Urs Meile.
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