Since relocating her studio to Seattle in 2018, artist Damao has continued to deepen the artistic concepts cultivated during her time at Caochangdi in Beijing and Blue Roof in Chengdu. The core of her practice revolves around Deleuzean “folds” and “negative capability.” Exploring the floating tension and anchoring force derived from shedding regional similarities and distinctiveness in favor of open, infinite possibilities, she frequently employs post-industrial visual symbols and mediums embedded with anxiety and alienation to evoke profound, intimate emotional resonance within new cultural narratives. Damao’s practice spans oil on canvas, installation, performance art, photography, moving image, and poetic texts, showcasing a keen insight into contemporary human existence within an increasingly fluid and diverse era.
Her works have received coverage from major media outlets including Harper’s Bazaar and Discovery Channel, and have been featured in prominent exhibitions such as the Chengdu Biennale, Art Beijing, and the Pingyao International Photography Festival. In 2014, she held her solo exhibition Anchor of Time in Shanghai.
In 2025, she established her fourth studio, tucked away in a secret alleyway garden in Zurich. Here, her practice incorporates the rhythm of nature’s four seasons along with concepts of fractals from physics and mathematics, embarking on an artistic experiment that transcends order, de-subjectification, and non-contingency.
艺术家Damao的创作核心围绕德勒兹式的“褶皱”与“负性能力”展开。自2018年将工作室迁至西雅图，她延续了先前在北京草场地与成都蓝顶的思考，探讨摆脱特定地域归属后的“悬置”与“锚定”。借由后工业轮廓中蕴含焦虑与疏离感的视觉符号，她在跨文化的叙事中唤起深刻的情感共鸣。
Damao的艺术实践横跨油画、装置、行为艺术、摄影、动态影像与诗歌，敏锐回应着当代人的生存状态。其作品曾获《时尚芭莎》（Harper’s Bazaar）、探索频道（Discovery Channel）等媒体报道，并参展成都双年展、艺术北京、平遥国际摄影大展等项目；2014年于上海举办个展《时间的锚》（Anchor of Time）。
2025年，她在苏黎世建立了第四个工作室，隐于巷弄间的一处秘境花园。在这里，创作进一步引入四季律动与物理、数学中的分形概念，展开了一场关于去主体化、去秩序与非偶发性的艺术实验。