Liang Chen

        Architect and artist. Born in Dandong, Liaoning, China in 1987, graduated from Jilin University of Architecture and Technology in 2011 with a Bachelor of Architecture. Worked at “Vector Architects” from 2011 to 2015 as a partner; completed the “Aranya Seashore Library” (the "Seaside Library") as the project architect. Began independent architectural and artistic practice in 2017, founded the “ALEPH Time-Space Research” Institute studio, representative architectural work: “The Black Ark”; held solo exhibitions at A4 Art Museum and Diplomatic Apartment No. 12; curated the exhibition "From Andong to Dandong" at the “Wind H Art Center” in Beijing and the exhibition "Space Discipline" at OCAT Shanghai.

        In the dual practice of architecture and art, Liang Chen focuses on the long-term, multi-period, large-scale temporal and spatial changes and accumulation of a specific set (specific concepts, objects, spaces, etc.). Since 2013, Liang Chen has progressively advanced his research and self-analysis of long-term, multi-period observation of his hometown, Liaoning Dandong, as the starting point and source of his creation. Based on his rich local cultural research and architectural practice in Dandong, Ergun, Xinjiang and other places in recent years, Liang Chen has also launched the "Boundary Plan" based on interdisciplinary research including art, architecture, anthropology, etc. Focusing on the frontier areas of knowledge generation and exchange, he tries to gain a cross-disciplinary perspective on the more complex and diverse cultural, historical, linguistic and social psychological boundaries.

Artist：

Yan Feng

        Currently working and living in Fengcheng, Liaoning, as an arts educator for rural primary schools. He exists on the cultural fringes, and his works' spirituality, purity, and process-oriented nature bring boundary-thinking and practical-action significance...

Zhang Dachuan

        A music industry professional and artist.

        Born in Jinzhou, Liaoning in 1986, he graduated from Dalian Minzu University in 2010 with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. A student of the High Research Program in Urban Renewal and Exhibition Planning at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. Worked at Meng Jinghui Theater Studio from 2017 to 2018, serving as assistant manager of the Fengchao Theater. Chief Content Officer of MAO livehouse since 2018. Exhibition experience: works include "TIME" at the Yalu River Art Museum, "Fantasy City 0086" at the Housheng Art Museum, and "Wishing Well" at the Jinxi Art Museum.

Bi Jianye

        Born in 1985, Bi Jianye graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 2008 and currently lives and works in Shenyang. Bi Jianye often places his works in the narrative framework of confrontation and conflict, depicting a series of eerie and surreal images to confront the crisis of struggling against fate. Behind the real images of disorder, is the projection of reality and the imagination of difficulties, reflecting the universal mindset of artists towards the reflection of contemporary social groups. Recent solo exhibitions include "Shining Fangs" (Platform China, Beijing, 2023), and "Return" (Platform China dRoom, Beijing, 2020).

Yu Aijun

        Yu Aijun graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 2004. He currently lives and works in Shenyang.

Zhang Shuo

Member and Executive Director of the Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA)

Member of the Type Directors Club (TDC) in New York

Member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)

Guest Lecturer and Design Course Critic at Syracuse University in the United States

Zhang Shuo is the founder and creative director of SURE Design.

        He has always stressed that design should be the core of finding and solving problems, and that design should be the engine to drive industrial development. Since its establishment, the studio's work has received widespread recognition from customers and has also won numerous awards and media coverage.

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