UNMASK is an art group consisting of three artists, who have different perspectives of art, but who feed off each other, debate and make concessions until a unique logic is accepted by all of them. It makes them different from other artists as they place greater emphasis on individuality and coexistence, which are the foundation of their cooperation. This also allows for greater flexibility when implementing an artistic process and enables all of them to exert their specific talents. Subconsciously they are reluctant to make a clear distinction between art and design, but they are fully aware that the intrinsic value of artworks does not completely rely on aesthetical forms. Sometimes they determine a theme, before considering any forms and in other series like in the “Transparency Series” they formulate design logic before gaining an expected result through continuous validation. The fashionable elements in their works help convey their intention and express their emotion. However the human form, including both the body and its social status, is the key element of their artworks. Influenced by their research into classical Chinese and Western sculpture but at the same time striving for their vision of the “human”, they started to conceive every human as a mini universe. In their 2006 “Transparency Series” they used their own body characteristics to create human forms like classical sculpture and then purposely deleted the redundant parts, including gender and ethnic identity, by removing the defects of the sculpture in a two-dimensional way. Finally they got some varied and fragile bodies with internal and external parts that corresponded to each other. Putting these bodies randomly in a certain space formed an environment which was unbalanced, delicate and highly unexpected. In their latest “ 0° Degree Series” humanoid creatures gather in a void space, forming an isolated and virtual ecosystem, surrounded by a shell that shapes the panorama but is also a way of creating self-protection. The self-containing space is isolated from, if not contradictory to the outside world, forming an independent and virtual environment. The impact of globalization is slow but steady on Unmask. It is represented in the virtual look of their works, but is also present in every aspect of their lives.

Education
2002
Graduated from The Central Academy of Fine Arts

Exhibition
2009
UNMASK 2009, Beyond Art Space, Beijing
2008
Waiting in the Wings, Beyond Art Space, Beijing
Art Basel, Switzerland
Facing Reality, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
China design now, V&A Museum, London
A Vista of Perspective, The Sixth Shenzhen Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition
2007
CHINA, Facing Reality, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Fragmentation, Chen Ling Hui Contemporary Space, Beijing
UNMASK, Sun Contemporary, South Korea
UNMASK, Chen Ling Hui Contemporary Space, Taipei
EXIT Festival, NOM Maison des Arts de Créteil, French
VIA Festival, Manège Maubeuge, French
2006
International Exhibition-CHINA GATE, Arko Art Center of Arts
Council Korea, Korea
UNMASK’s 2002-2006, Dimensions Art Center, Beijing, China
Japanimation BTAP Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China
Circle Both Ends, Shenzhen, China
2005
Plato and Its Seven Spirits, Beijing/Shenzhen, China
Making A New Relationship- The Art Ethics, Dimensions Art Center, Beijing, China
The 2nd Triennial of Chinese Art, Nanjing, China
Get It Louder, Shenzhen/Shanghai/Beijing, China
Mc1: Montpellier Chinese Contemporary Art Biennale, Montpellier, France
Shanghai is Cool, Duolun Museum Shanghai of China
2004
Democracy Forever, Plum Blossoms Gallery, New York
Shanghai Sail, Shanghai China, Advance Art Center, Shanghai, China
Design by China, Made in France, Espace Ricard, Paris, France
2003
Remaking 798：Reverberation, Beijing, China
2002
Awarded First Prize, Graduating Students Exhibition of the Central
Academy of Fine Arts China, Beijing, China