黄圣智｜水韵金辉：拾紫《金水相生》的跨文明叙事与当代转译

ShiZi is a contemporary artist dedicated to the co-creation of Chinese root culture and intangible cultural heritage, a practitioner of contemporary expressionism in Chinese art, and an explorer of multi-dimensional quantum art. She is also an independent curator and the founder of ShiZi Culture.

With years of experience in the art and culture industry, ShiZi has pursued systematic study ranging from Western modern and contemporary art to traditional Chinese poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving; conducted in-depth exploration from Chinese intangible cultural heritage techniques to Japanese tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and incense art; and delved into fields spanning from Lianshan Yi (one of the three ancient Chinese divination texts) in Eastern culture to Western philosophy, as well as from visual art to music, dance, and performance. Over 18 years, she has researched and studied mainstream Eastern and Western cultures and arts, covering a broad spectrum of comprehensive art fields.

Through the triple lenses of social collective consciousness, psychology, and cosmology, ShiZi takes the mindfulness system of Chinese civilization as her spiritual guide, and refines the multi-dimensional quantum expression of the Oriental cosmic view of life centered on "harmony between man and nature". She constructs a dynamic narrative that extends from collective consciousness to the view of "heaven and earth’s auspiciousness" in individual subconsciousness, systematically expressing Chinese root culture as a representative of contemporary expressionism in Chinese art.

Upholding the concepts of reviving Oriental aesthetics and integrating art into daily life, ShiZi interprets contemporary artistic ideas through integrated Chinese-Western painting techniques and the expressive forms of intangible cultural heritage. She empowers the new industrial ecosystem of Oriental lifestyle by virtue of the systematic expression of Oriental humanistic ecology in art.

Her exhibition experience includes:

Participating artist in Modern Shanghai at the Vehicle-mounted X Art Space of Shanghai Auto Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China);

Participating artist in People Coming and Going at the Italian International Residency Art Exhibition (Italy);

Solo exhibition Heaven-sent Auspiciousness at the Shanghai Italian Center (Shanghai, China);

Selected artist for Le Salon d’Automne (Paris Autumn Salon, Paris, France).

Work Selected for Le Salon d‘Automne, October 29 – November 2, 2025. 

Founded on October 31, 1903, by renowned artists including Auguste Rodin and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Le Salon d'Automne is a prestigious international comprehensive art exhibition held annually in Paris, boasting a century-long legacy. Initially established as a platform for artists rejected by France's official exhibitions, it evolved into a core hub of modern art and gained global acclaim in 1920 with its positioning as "the showcase of 20th-century modern art."

Upholding rigorous selection standards, the exhibition once declined works by Cubist master Georges Braque in 1908, yet played a pivotal role in nurturing Fauvism and inspiring the Cubist movement, among other modern art schools. Over more than a hundred years, it has featured works by artistic giants such as Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. Meanwhile, prominent Chinese artists including Xu Beihong, Liu Haisu, Sanyu (Chang Yu), Lin Fengmian, Zao Wou-ki, Wu Guanzhong, and Pan Yuliang have also graced its roster of selected artists.