Wenhui Hao
About
Wenhui Hao (born in 2000, China) is a contemporary painter currently based in London, UK.
Wenhui’s artistic practice is deeply rooted in painting, where she merges subjective emotions with social and political issues, emphasizing the fragility, sensitivity, and spirituality of humanity. Her work often explores complex themes such as female desire, sexual violence, bodily experience, and ecstasy.
In her creative process, Wenhui employs a figurative approach, depicting dismantled and hollowed-out food subjected to violence, along with wounds covered with ulcers and alienated bodily trunks. Her paintings undergo repeated deconstruction through abstract and layered brushstrokes, cascading into imbalance amid the unpredictable flow of liquids.
Wenhui views the process of painting as akin to suturing and repairing in medical pathology, as well as a form of “destruction” and “restoration.” This approach reflects the intense emotional experiences formed by a mixture of harm and caress in relationships. Additionally, she perceives the pursuit of materiality in painting as a form of fetishism, constructing an intertextual narrative of materiality and erotic experience.
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