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Yuchen Ge 葛钰晨
Yuchen Ge is a UK-based Chinese artist and art historian whose work explores the intersections of dreams, imagination, visual memory, and art history. Working primarily across painting and print, her work contemplates historical reference and imagination, bridging the experience of art at present and the predominant sentiment of history in art.
Yuchen Ge holds an MSc by Research in History of Art from the University of Edinburgh and an MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London. She previously studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (China), where she was selected by the university for an exchange semester at Kingston University, London, in recognition of her academic merit.
Yuchen Ge’s work has been exhibited in the UK, Ireland, Italy, and China, including the XV Florence Biennale 2025 and the Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland. Yuchen’s work has been featured in Stanford Magazine as a part of the collection of the renowned art historian Alexander Nemerov. In 2022, her work The Story of Tonight (etching) was acquired by Goldsmiths, University of London Fine Art Print Archive, which is now a part of the permanent collection of the Goldsmiths Print Studio, London, UK.
Yuchen Ge’s practice investigates the ways in which historical imagery and ongoing intellectual inquiry jointly shape visual forms: an imaginary history. Through traditional oil-painting glazing techniques and a research-driven approach, her practice explores an alternative reality – one in which a Baroque theatricality and Rococo ornamentality are reactivated through contemporary painterly language.
Education
University of Edinburgh
MSc by Research, History of Art, 2024
(Theory & Methodology module: Distinction)
Goldsmiths, University of London
MFA, Fine Art, 2022
(Overall: Merit, with Distinction in Dissertation)
Central Academy of Fine Arts, China
BA, Printmaking, 2020
(First Class: 87/100)
High School Affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts
High School Graduation Certificate, 2016
Directly admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts due to outstanding academic results.
Additional Academic Experience
University of Oxford
Department for Continuing Education, 2021
History of Modern Art
Kingston University London
Exchange Semester, 2018-2019
Contemporary Art and Theory; Critical Theory in Filmmaking
Selected by the Central Academy of Fine Arts in recognition of outstanding academic performance.
Loma Linda Academy in Loma Linda, California, US
American Cultural and Education Class, 2017
Awards
2026 RISE Henley Art Festival Emerging Artist Prize – Runner Up Award,
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK
2025 The Spotted Zebra Award, No Place Art, The Handbag Factory,
Loughborough St, Vauxhall, London https://thespottedzebra.substack.com/p/no-place-art-where-emerging-voices
2025 People of Print Award, No Place Art, The Handbag
Factory, 3 Loughborough St, Vauxhall, London
2022 The Story of Tonight (etching), acquired by Goldsmiths Fine Art Print
Archive, now in the permanent collection of Goldsmiths Print Studio,
London, UK.
2022 Merit Award, Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art Degree Show,
Goldsmiths, University of London
2018 Merit Award, Central Academy of Fine Arts Annual Academic
Evaluation & Exhibition, Beijing, China
2014 Shortlisted, The 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games International
Sports Sculpture Competition, Nanjing, China
2013 Silver Award, East Asia High School Student Art Award
Exhibitions
2026 RISE Henley Art Festival – Runner Up Award, Henley-on-
Thames, Oxfordshire, UK
2025 Selected Artist, Hunt Museum Open Exhibition, The Hunt Museum,
Limerick, Ireland
2025 Selected Artist, XV Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
Selected work: ‘Straight from the Horse’s Mouth’, oil on canvas
2025 Selected Artist, No Place Art | Edition One: Materiality,
The Handbag Factory, 3 Loughborough St, Vauxhall, London
2022 Invited Artist, Highlights of 2022 Graduates, Liliya Gallery,
Putney, London
2022 Goldsmiths MFA Fine Art Degree Show, Merit Award,
Goldsmiths, University of London
2021 Unpro No Unce, group exhibition, MOT Unit 18,
Surrey Canal Rd, London
2020 Then & Now, BA Graduate Exhibition, Central Academy of Fine Arts,
Beijing
2019 壹園南北 (From North to South), exhibition of artists from the
Central Academy of Fine Arts, The Lion Forest Garden, Suzhou, China
2018 Art and Awareness, Birla Millennium Art Gallery, Kensington, London
2018 A Celebration of Difference, Nolia’s Gallery, Southwark, London
2016 The Landscape, Selected Works, Central Academy of Fine Arts,
Beijing
2016 Degree Show, Fine Arts School Affiliated to Central Academy of Fine
Arts, Beijing
2012 Selected Works Public Exhibition - Spring Landscape Drawing and
Painting Course in 爨底下 (Cuan Di Xia) ancient village, Beijing,
High School Affiliated to Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Publications
Features
Stanford Magazine, winter 2025, The Bakery on the Border (oil on canvas), part of Professor Alexander Nemerov’s private collection, photographed in Professor Nemerov’s office at Stanford University and featured in article Art and Soul: What Professor Alexander Nemerov cares about and why.
https://stanfordmag.org//contents/art-and-soul-nemerov
Interview, XV Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, 2025.
The Sublime Essence of Light and Darkness: Concepts of Dualism and Unity in Contemporary Art and Design, the Official Catalogue of the XV Florence Biennale, Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, Milan, Italy, 2025.
Award Winner Interview, The Spotted Zebra, London, October 2025
https://thespottedzebra.substack.com/p/no-place-art-where-emerging-voices
Interview, Visual Art Journal, August 2025, New York
Times Square billboard showcase, New York City, New York (Visual Art Journal, 2025)
https://visualartjournal.com/2025/08/03/the-third-times-square-billboard-showcase/
Published Artworks
The Sublime Essence of Light and Darkness: Concepts of Dualism and Unity in Contemporary Art and Design, the Official Catalogue of XV Florence Biennale, Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, Milan, Italy, 2025.
Woodcut prints series “Her Garden” (Average Art Magazine, Liverpool, 2018)
Selected sketches (Collection of Student Works, Fine Arts School Affiliated to Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 2013)
Professional Memberships
Member, The Association for Art History (2025 – present)
Member, Scottish Society for Art History (2025 – present)
Member, The Society of Scottish Artists (2025 – present)