Zhuoer Deng

My subject is about humans and nature. Now, I am exploring the relationship between humans, cities and plants in daily life. Things change rapidly in the city, and I am constantly feeling the pressure. I tried to escape this environment and come into contact with things in nature: plants and trees. I envy the freedom of trees when I see them in rural and some urban areas. The branches of trees always grow in different directions and mesmerise me. I started to explore my emotions about trees, the reasons behind my love and envy for them, as well as the relationships between trees, myself, and contemporary society.

My artwork serves as my diary, expressing my daily experiences of nature captured through my eyes and camera. Currently, I am testing different materials to combine photography and drawing. I am building an archive of nature, comprised of the daily photos I take. Photographing plants has become an integral part of my life. I often try to capture trees with beautiful branches in our human world. By printing these images on various materials and painting on them, I can feel the tree's freedom through colours and brushstrokes, creating an ideal landscape in my mind.